826 co-founder honored as local Latina heroine

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 thru 10/15), our community is celebrating the amazing Hispanic culture here in the Bay Area. ABC7 News reached out to honor the vision of our beloved co-founder, the inspiring, giving, ever-active local Latina Nínive Calegari. We couldn’t agree more! Whether she’s producing films advocating fair pay with The Teacher Salary Project, or working tirelessly to empower the next generation with Youth Speaks: Brave New Voices,  a million times thank you to Nínive for her continual dedication to finding creative ways of engaging kids in writing, language, and the arts!

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