2024 Noche de Cuentos Mini-Grants Winners

We're excited to announce the winners of the 2024 REFORMA Noche de Cuentos Mini-Grants. Each organization will receive $500 to support their Noche de Cuentos programs this fall.

Mississippi Valley Library District / Theresa Beck
Collinsville and Fairmont City, Illinois
Sharing Our Heritage / Compartiendo Nuestra Herencia

George Culver Community Library / Kathi Kemp
Sauk City, Wisconsin
Noche de Cuentos

Broward County Library, Lauderdale Lakes Branch / Freda Mosquera
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Holiday Caribbean Stories: A Celebration of the Power of Stories in English, Creole and Spanish

Contra Costa County Library, Concord Library / Rosa Lassalle
Concord, California
Noche de Cuentos con Mariela's Music Time

Biblioteca Municipal e Infantil Mariana Suárez de Longo / Keyla Guelén
Ponce, Puerto Rico
contARTE

Inglewood Public Library / Briceida Pacheco Granados
Inglewood, California    
¿Crees en los chupacabras?

Nevins Library / Elizabeth Borges Ocasio
Methuen, Massachusetts
Bilingual Storytelling: The Legend of the Inca Empire’s Origin

Lawrence Public Library / Frankie Haynes
Lawrence, Kansas
Cuentacuentos: Todos Juntos

Dale Junior High School / Mirna Gutierrez-Saucedo
Anaheim, California
El Poder de Leer

California State University Monterey Bay Library / Kelsey Nordstrom-Sanchez
Seaside, California
Celebrate Noche: A Night of Stories and Culture

 
REFORMA thanks the 2024 Noche de Cuentos Mini-Grants Selection Committee:

Alicia K. Long, Library & Information Science Educator
Ana-Elba Pavon, Retired Library Manager
Jamie Mercer, Head of Youth Services, W.J. Niederkorn Library
Lucia M. Gonzalez, Retired Library Director, Consultant, Noche de Cuentos Founder
Maria Cotto, Bilingual Children's Librarian, Pawtucket Public Library
Maria F. Estrella, Founder of Young Diverse Readers Consulting
María Vega, Assistant Manager, Hollywood Library, Broward County Library 
Raynelda Calderon, Librarian in Charge, Queens Public Library

The program coordinator is Madeline Peña Feliz, Associate Director for Community Engagement and Outreach Department, Los Angeles Public Library; REFORMA National President 2018-19; Awards Committee Chair.

REFORMA believes that storytelling and oral traditions are key to the transmission and preservation of culture, as well as a significant tool in developing literacy skills. Noche de Cuentos was launched in 2010 to promote and preserve the art of storytelling within our Latino communities in the U.S.

To support future Noche de Cuentos Mini-Grants, consider donating to REFORMA at reforma.org/donate.

¡Felicidades a los ganadores!