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La Puerta Abierta (ICFamWell)

Offering healing and hope within our immigrant communities of youth and families

06/09/2026

You can translate words, but translating emotions, situations, and systems all day long is a different kind of exhaustion. One that sleep does not fix.
If this feeling is familiar, you are not imagining it.
Today, give yourself five minutes where you don't have to translate anything for anyone. Put the phone down. Sit somewhere quiet. Let your mind rest in the language it thinks in.
You have earned that

06/02/2026

La Puerta Abierta has been awarded a $100,000 grant from , and our hearts are still full.

This grant will help us keep doing what we do every day:
Free mental health care in Spanish.
Culturally grounded. Relationship-based.
For immigrant families in Philadelphia who can't get care through insurance.

To every member of Impact 100 who made this possible, thank you for standing alongside our community. For seeing the work. For trusting us to know what we need.
Proud to stand alongside this year's fellow awardees — doing vital work across Philadelphia.

05/28/2026

This is the voice we hear.

The person who held it together for everyone else. Who never asked for help. Who didn't think they deserved to.

At La Puerta Abierta, we make space for that person. For the moment, they are finally ready to put it down. In our community, in Philadelphia, our door has always been and will always be open.

Mental Health Awareness Month. But really, every month. 🌿

05/20/2026

What do newcomer students carry before they ever walk into a classroom?
Yesterday, the La Puerta Abierta team brought that conversation to the Chester County Intermediate Unit, in a room with more than 70 school counselors from across Chester County, PA.
Applying Clinical Skills with Newcomer Students: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Interventions
We talked about the migratory journey, the systems these students navigate before their first day of school, and what actually helps, not models built for someone else's experience, but care rooted in language, culture, and community.
Presented by Paulina Sierra, María Padrón and Romelia Guerrero.
Grateful for every counselor in that room who showed up with open hearts and a commitment to their newcomer students. 💛
Is your school or district looking for this kind of training? Send us a DM.

05/11/2026

Today, we honor those who care.
Care often happens quietly, through presence, tenderness, strength, and love.
At La Puerta Abierta, we honor the people who hold families and communities together in visible and invisible ways.
Happy Mother’s Day.

04/30/2026

You were taught that working more earns you more respect. That silence keeps you safe. That rest is a luxury you can't afford.
But exhaustion is not a work ethic. It's a warning.
At LPA, you don't have to carry this alone. Free mental health support, in your language, for your reality.
You deserve it.

04/28/2026

You have the right to rest without explaining.
To miss home without guilt.
To feel more than one thing at once.
To take up space.

Healing also means giving yourself permission.
At La Puerta Abierta, we believe healing begins by honoring your full humanity.

04/23/2026

We had the honor of participating in the Sexto Congreso “Todas las Mujeres que Habitan en Mí” organized by Madre Tierra Philadelphia.

We joined a panel to share about the importance of creating therapeutic spaces and making mental health accessible for Hispanic women in Philadelphia. Spaces where trust, language, culture, and community are not an afterthought. They are the foundation.

We also learned from powerful conversations on education, immigration, and finances. Each panel reminded us how deeply these realities shape emotional well-being.

Grateful to be part of a space that centers women, community, and collective care.

Fotografías: Jesús Rincón, Centro Integral de la Mujer Madre Tierra /

04/16/2026

La Puerta Abierta presented at the Counselor Convening with the School District of Philadelphia.

We shared how we create therapeutic spaces with newcomer immigrant youth and the adapted clinical skills we use in our student check-ins.

We grounded everything in the reality of why young people migrate and how difficult that journey can be.

Grateful to be in community with school counselors doing this work every day.

03/27/2026

Esta semana participamos en el taller Todas Juntas por el mes de la mujer.

Nuestra terapeuta de La Puerta Abierta, Mia Padrón, formó parte del panel Salud mental y bienestar, compartiendo sobre la importancia de crear espacios de apoyo y conexión en nuestras comunidades.

Fue un espacio muy especial para coincidir con tantas emprendedoras hispanas, escuchar sus historias y compartir experiencias desde el cuidado colectivo.

Gracias por la invitación y por abrir este espacio.

Address

2141 N. Howard Street
Philadelphia, PA
19122

Telephone

+12672450145

Website

http://lpa-theopendoor.org/

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