Each week unlocks new video testimonios, vocabulary guides, and practice exercises.

• Learn at your own pace, pause, rewind, repeat as needed
• All materials downloadable for offline practice
• Optional discussion forum to connect with other learners
• 100% of your course fee funds immigrant women's training programs

Course Investment: $399 Your Impact: Funds 5 weeks of training stipend + supplies for one program participant

Week 1: Finding your Spanish voice

One Thousand Villages

• Building confidence in Spanish through real immigrant stories
• Basic conversation structures from actual interactions
• Self-introduction techniques used by women navigating new cultures
• Personal storytelling as sophisticated knowledge

Self-Guided Activities:

• Watch testimonios with English subtitles first, then Spanish only
• Complete "My Migration Story" writing template (even if you haven't migrated—tell your family's story)
• Practice self-introduction using phrases from videos
• Vocabulary builder: 50 essential self-introduction phrases

Cultural Context: Understanding why testimonios matter—these aren't just stories, they're sophisticated knowledge about resilience, adaptation, and identity.

Reflection Prompt: "What does finding your voice in a new language mean to you?"

Week 2: Family and Traditions as Cultural Wealth

Mi Familia, España from Ecuador

• Multi-generational family vocabulary and relationships
• How immigrant families preserve traditions across borders
• Recipe instructions in Spanish (cooking as cultural preservation)
• Understanding family as economic and emotional support system

Self-Guided Activities:

• Family tree creation in Spanish with relationship vocabulary
• Record yourself describing a family tradition in Spanish
• Translate a family recipe into Spanish with cultural context
• Vocabulary builder: 75 family and tradition terms

Cultural Context: How immigrant women maintain cultural identity through family practices—this is active preservation, not passive nostalgia.

Reflection Prompt: "What traditions from your family carry knowledge?"

Week 3: Daily Life and Community

El Mercadito, Latino Market

• Shopping and marketplace vocabulary from real interactions
• How immigrants create economic networks and community support
• Daily routine descriptions as windows into adaptation
• Neighborhood as survival strategy and cultural space

Self-Guided Activities:

• Describe your daily routine in Spanish using testimonio phrases
• Role-play marketplace conversations (audio recording exercise)
• Map your community's cultural resources in Spanish
• Vocabulary builder: 100 daily life and commerce terms

Cultural Context: Markets as more than shopping—how immigrants create economic opportunity and cultural continuity through community commerce.

Reflection Prompt: "Where do you see immigrant entrepreneurship in your community?"

Week 4: From Traditional Skills to Modern Business

Las Empanadas - Nora, Argentina

• Career transition vocabulary (engineer → entrepreneur)
• How traditional food knowledge becomes viable business
• Describing professional skills and business models in Spanish
• Understanding empanadas as cultural heritage + economic strategy

Testimonios This Week:

• Video 1: Nora's full story (20 minutes) - Engineer to empanada entrepreneur
• Video 2: "Making empanadas" (detailed recipe with technique)
• Video 3: "Building my business at the farmer's market" (entrepreneurship)

Self-Guided Activities:

• Describe a career transition or aspiration in Spanish
• Follow Nora's empanada recipe (if cooking) or describe traditional food from your culture
• Business vocabulary practice: pricing, marketing, customer service
• Vocabulary builder: 80 professional and business terms

Cultural Context: This is the heart of our mission—traditional knowledge (empanadas) + business education = economic independence. Nora's story demonstrates what our programs aim to replicate.

Reflection Prompt: "What traditional knowledge in your life has economic value?"

Week 5: Professional Identity and Workplace Navigation

Latina Women in the Media

• Professional introduction and networking phrases
• How immigrant women navigate workplace discrimination and opportunity
• Career-related conversations and workplace Spanish
• Understanding credentialism and credential translation challenges

Self-Guided Activities:

• Write and record your professional introduction in Spanish
• Practice common workplace scenarios (asking for help, leading meetings)
• Describe your career goals using testimonio vocabulary
• Vocabulary builder: 90 workplace and professional terms

Cultural Context: How professional immigrant women navigate barriers—and why many turn to entrepreneurship when traditional employment paths are closed.

Reflection Prompt: "What professional barriers do immigrant women face that you hadn't considered?"

Week 6: Art, Music and Creative Expression

Mi Música, Anna, Peruvian/Canadian

• Emotional and artistic vocabulary in Spanish
• How immigrant artists maintain cultural connection through creativity
• Describing music, art, and creative work in Spanish
• Understanding art as resistance, preservation, and innovation

Self-Guided Activities:

• Describe a piece of art or music that's meaningful to you in Spanish
• Listen to Latin American music and practice describing it
• Reflect on creative expression as cultural preservation (written in Spanish)
• Vocabulary builder: 70 art, music, and emotion terms

Cultural Context: Why creative expression matters for immigrants—art as both preservation of culture and navigation of new contexts.

Reflection Prompt: "How does creative expression preserve knowledge?"

Week 7: Cultural Traditions and Community Celebration

Pan de Dia de los Muertos, Panaderia familiar, México

• Describing cultural celebrations and their significance
• Traditional baking and food preparation vocabulary
• How immigrant families maintain spiritual and cultural practices
• Understanding celebrations as community-building and cultural education

Self-Guided Activities:

• Describe a cultural celebration from your background in Spanish
• Research and present on a Latin American celebration (recorded presentation)
• Practice food preparation vocabulary through testimonio
• Vocabulary builder: 85 celebration, tradition, and baking terms

Cultural Context: Traditional celebrations as sophisticated knowledge systems—not exotic folklore, but complex practices carrying meaning about family, death, memory, and community.

Reflection Prompt: "How do cultural celebrations teach across generations?"

Week 8: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Economic Independence

La Tortilleria, Berenice-Oaxaca, Mexico

• Complete business lifecycle vocabulary (starting, running, growing)
• How immigrant women turn traditional food skills into businesses
• Describing business challenges and successes in Spanish
• Understanding entrepreneurship as survival, resistance, and empowerment

Self-Guided Activities:

• Describe a business idea using vocabulary from all 8 weeks
• Complete final project: "My Spanish Journey Through Immigrant Women's Stories" (5-minute recorded presentation)
• Write a testimonio of your own learning experience
• Vocabulary builder: 95 advanced business and aspiration terms

Cultural Context: This is why our social enterprise exists: to create more stories like Berenice's. Your course fee has funded programs helping immigrant women follow similar paths from traditional knowledge to economic independence.

Reflection Prompt: "How has learning from immigrant women's testimonios changed how you understand knowledge, entrepreneurship, or your own story?"

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