Alumna Spotlight: Blanca Medina

Alumna Spotlight: Blanca Medina

Mar 20, 2023 | News, success-stories

A huge congratulations to one of our amazing Alumnas Blanca Medina for recently facilitating WANDA’s new Financial Literacy class focused on budgeting.  We are thrilled to announce that she will be the lead facilitator for our next partnership cohort with MidPen...

DiversityInc Profiles WANDA Mom, Charisse

Feb 17, 2023 | News, success-stories

WANDA alumna Charisse Fontes shares her story in this DiversityInc article, “Race, Homelessness and the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility.” Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3YWZ3u5 “When Fontes was homeless, she was...
Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

Feb 14, 2023 | News

Moving forward is what WANDA moms do – they overcome obstacles and build a legacy of accomplishment that inspires others and changes their family’s trajectory upwards. MLK honored his mother and talked of how the best thing she and other mothers could do was instill a...
WANDA Awarded Grants from Atkinson Foundation and Sutter Health

WANDA Awarded Grants from Atkinson Foundation and Sutter Health

Feb 14, 2023 | News

We are thrilled to share that the Atkinson Foundation and Sutter Health Palo Alto Medical Foundation each awarded WANDA $10,000 in grant funding in support of our program and operations. We’d like to extend our gratitude to both foundations for their continued support...
Alumna Spotlight: Charisse Fontes

Alumna Spotlight: Charisse Fontes

Feb 14, 2023 | News, success-stories

At the end of last year, one of our very own alumna Charisse Fontes had a full circle moment as she taught one of WANDA’s most popular seminars, “The Value of Traditions.” The seminar allows our moms to explore what makes a tradition and how they have opportunities to...