We care for the community because we are part of the community," said Lorena Kourousias, Mixteca's executive director. "When I immigrated to the U.S., I needed an organization like this one."
"We acknowledge how hard the trauma of immigration is in this community," Kourousias said. "We believe in community healing, and we truly believe that if we are together and we encourage joy ... people are going to have spaces to heal."
Every Saturday morning, lines of people wrap around the block waiting for the food, even hours before the distribution begins.
"Every time that I'm thinking we don't have enough funding, someone comes with the check and says, 'Here, keep doing it,'" Kourousias said. "And we do it with all our heart."
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