Mission and Core Values

A home is just the beginning…

Our Vision
A home is just the beginning. We envision farmworker and working families thriving in communities rooted in connection, healing, heritage, and play, where stable, affordable housing opens the door to belonging, wellbeing, and generational prosperity.

Our Mission
Developing farmworker leadership for stronger, more secure families and communities through affordable housing, social services, education, and economic development.

Core Purpose
Building communities and community assets so working families can attain equity and collective agency.

Core Values
Our values guide how we design our housing communities, shape our program offerings, and show up alongside the families and communities we are a part of.

  • Community Commitment: Freely giving time, thought, and energy to our community through persistence in the face of adversity; willingness to go beyond personal comfort and push through fears (juntos podemos); fulfilling our obligation to leave our communities stronger beyond our time of service.
  • Integrity & Self-respect: Doing the right thing even when no one is looking or when someone challenges us or questions our motives.
  • Sí Se Puede: Doing the best we can with the resources we have and leveraging creativity to try new solutions.
  • Connection (Conexión): Building social capital through relationships among neighbors, families, and partners, creating spaces where residents know one another, share resources, and lead together.
  • Healing (Sanación): Honoring the resilience of farmworker and immigrant families and fostering environments that support physical, emotional, and collective wellbeing.
  • Heritage (Herencia): Celebrating language, culture, art, and tradition as sources of strength, and building cultural capital that carries from one generation to the next.
  • Play (Juego): Recognizing joy, recreation, and celebration as essential to healthy communities, for children, youth, and elders alike.