Origin Story

It all began with 1 family. Oscar told our founder that one day he had to pay $150 for a cab and later he had to explain to his 8-year-old daughter Iza why they had no food. When the Covid tsunami broke we remembered him and Claribel, who was pregnant with a 1 year old and found out they were both running out of food.

We pivoted overnight to food distribution and within days our phones exploded with parents requesting food. In a bold & beautiful combustion of solidarity our number was given out over the radio, in grocery stores and Facebook.

We had dreamed of addressing food insecurity for 200 people (fate laughed!) and instead within weeks we were supporting 600, then 1,000, then 3,000; till now we support more than 13,000 plus families!

Our dream is to go out of business because families are community-organized and sustainable.