Today is my birthday and I am raising money for Academia Cuauhtli (Eagle Academy)

Friends:

Today is my birthday and I am doing something special to celebrate it. I am raising money for Academia Cuauhtli ("Cuauhtli" means "eagle" in Nahuatl). 

Located in Austin, Texas, we are a partnership-based school serving mostly elementary school children attending 6 schools in the Austin Independent School District (AISD). We are partnered with AISD and the City of Austin's Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC).

Our school is located in the heart of downtown Austin off of Town Lake at the ESB-MACC. One of the unique features of this school is danza Mexica, or traditional Aztec dance that is incorporated in both regular and summer programming. Danza invokes the ancestral and sacred spirit that guides all of our work.

Academia Cuauhtli Summer Camp students on their graduation day. Summer, 2023.

Now in our 10th year, we seek your support for our growing organization which consists of several components including a Summer school coding camp (Aztech Kidz Code), a learning collaborative (La Colaborativa Cuauhtli), and our community-based organization, Nuestro Grupo that meets regularly to plan the activities of our growing organization that gives us the honor and privilege of touching so many students' and families' lives in Austin, Texas.

We're planning a major anniversary celebration in March, 2024, and your contribution will help us to make it a success. 

No amount is too small.

Thanks to Dr. María Del Carmen Unda for organizing this! A special thanks, as well, to Texas State University Professor Dr. Chris Milk who oversees the writing of the fall curriculum and who is a regular presence on Saturdays. Abundant thanks, to our director, Katya Guzman, our maestras and maestros, and to our many volunteers without which this work would be impossible. 

This is a labor of love. 💗



During the fall, we made crafts together. It always so much fun for me to learn with them!