OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION IS TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY, INSPIRE EMPATHY AND UPLIFT THE WORLD, THROUGH STORYTELLING.
embrace (verb): to accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically.
inspire (verb): fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
uplift (verb): to raise the level of; improve.
WHY
BECAUSE SHARING INSPIRING STORIES & EXPANDING YOUNG READERS CULTURAL AWARENESS CAN CREATE A LASTING IMPACT IN PEOPLES LIVES
OUR STORY
FOUNDED BY MEXICAN-AMERICAN DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AS WELL AS MOTHER OF A MEXICAN-GUATEMALAN-USA BORN MULTI-CULTURAL CHILD...
LISA MARIE MERCADO, NORTH CAROLINAN, FORMER K-8 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR & INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED ANTHROPOLOGIST SAW A NEED FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT WERE BOTH ENTERTAINING AND ENGAGING...
UPON RESEARCHING MULTIPLE COUNTRIES & WRITING FICTIONAL NARRATIVES ABOUT CHILDREN LIVING AROUND THE WORLD, SHE WROTE A BOOK TITLED, CRAFTING DREAMERS NEW MOON LUNA NUEVA (PART OF A COMING SERIES) & IN NOVEMBER 2020, SHE SELF-PUBLISHED UNDER THE PSEUDONYM LUNA MOON. THE BOOK INCLUDES 20 BILINGUAL SHORT STORIES AND COLORING PAGES ABOUT CHILDREN LIVING AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A BOOK FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES & ALL BACKGROUNDS TO SEE & LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH ON EVERY PAGE.
Photograph Volcan de San Pedro, Lago Atitlan, Guatemala
OUR VISION
OUR VISION IS FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE REPRESENTED IN LITERATURE, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS PERSPECTIVES & EMPOWER THEM TO SHARE THIER OWN CULTURAL NARRATIVES.
empower (verb): to enable or permit.
culture (noun): the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
uplift (verb): to raise the level of; improve.
WHY
OUR DREAM
OUR DREAM IS TO CONNECT AND INSPIRE YOUNG READERS AROUND THE WORLD BY CREATING A POSITIVE CHANGE IN HOW BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People Of Color) ARE REPRESENTED IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND POPULAR BOOKS...
WE DREAM OF SHARING STORIES THAT REVEAL WHY DIVERSE REPRESENTATION MATTERS. STORIES THAT CREATE CULTURAL AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT TOWARDS ALL PEOPLE...
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