Women Palante

Our main goal is to support the economic development and entrepreneurship businesses of Latina moms and their families:
That being said, we seek the following goals:
● To improve the knowledge of Latina mothers regarding physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being, and combating known risk factors
● To provide the necessary resources and tools for a comprehensive health and wellness approach for women to succeed in their personal and professional spheres by attending specialized courses for their overall wellness and healthy living
● To establish a personal base for self-care and care of women’s family while balancing with running a successful company
● To help women gain effective management in their financial awareness and promote personal as well as professional money and finance skills and tools.
● To develop entrepreneurial skills so as to implement business and management tools in decision-making for the development, consolidation, sustainability and/or growth of their business
● To create a supportive, bilingual community of women helping one another to succeed and be the best versions of themselves

While all of the programs are important, the flagship programs and real differentiators for the organization are the business incubators, and in particular the Wellness, Health and Success Business Incubator program is totally organized by and unique to Women Palante. This program will be conducted through weekly 2-hour virtual sessions. The program consists of an 18-hour business education training that includes 8 training modules that will be delivered in one 2-hour class each week. In addition, students will have 6 hours of individual and group support to further refine and develop key components of their project, such as: business costs; design and creation of a business plan and pitch, marketing, and business habits. Each business class is combined with educational workshops on wellness, addressing a variety of topics related to women’s health, motherhood, and wellness, and most importantly, the ways in which working mothers can manage their wellness and health while still taking care of their families and their businesses.
Our curriculum is based on a coherent sequence of business, health and personal development concepts. With these goals in mind, Women Palante will provide a solid foundation for the Wellness, Health, and Success: A Support and Development Program for Latina Women. The core, backbone, and contents of the course (including the individual conferences and workshops) on health and wellness have been based on the Good Health Series: A Comprehensive Guide for Latina Women. More specific details can be found in Annex I: Sample Curriculum for now.
Through Women Palante’s Wellness, Health, and Success program, participating women will gain education, mentorship, guidance, and access to a growing and supportive community. The women will be accompanied through the process of establishing their own businesses and also finding capital to support them as they reach for their dreams and for those of their children.

The other incubator programs are important resources for Latina mom’s with business ideas in those two realms, but those programs are run as partnerships with other similar-minded organizations and are less “controlled” by Women Palante.