Benvenida to the Florecer Latinx Resource Hub!

This space was created pa’ nuestra comunidad—to connect you with tools, support, and reminders that you’re not alone. From cultura-centered therapy resources to first-gen survival tools, everything here is curated with corazón.

A young woman sitting on a road, smiling while using her smartphone in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.

Healing is collective. These resources are for nuestra comunidad navigating complex systems, fear, and esperanza—all at once. You are not alone. If you know of a resource that’s helped you bloom, send me a message at [email protected] so we can keep growing this library juntos. 🌱

🧳✨COMMUNITY SUPPORT RESOURCES

🧠 Mental Health

NAMI- Compartiendo Esperanza in Hispanic/Latin American Communities A national organization providing that helps introduce discussions on mental health and wellness through a three-part community conversation series grounded in sacred storytelling and guided dialogue on mental wellness and support.

Latinx Therapy
A national directory of culturally competent Latinx therapists and mental health therapy services to the Latine community.

🧾 Know Your Rights + lEGAL SUPPORT

National Immigration Law Center – KYR Resources
Know Your Rights handouts for immigrants facing ICE encounters (available in English and Spanish).

ACLU Immigration Rights
Legal protection info + advocacy updates.

🎓 Education + Scholarships

My Undocumented Life
Up-to-date info on scholarships, DACA policy, and college access for undocumented students.

DREAMers Roadmap App
A free mobile app that helps undocumented students find scholarships that don’t require a social security number.

United We Dream
The largest immigrant youth-led network in the U.S. with organizing resources, deportation defense, and wellness guides.

💛 Emotional Support & Community

Define American
Changing the conversation around immigrants through storytelling, media, and advocacy.

libros that heal 🍃


Books that feel like abrazos — stories, tools, and truths that help us break cycles, heal inner wounds, and reconnect con nosotros mismos. Whether you’re on page one of your healing or deep in the journey, there’s something here that’ll speak to you.

A personal favorite of mine, Fogel writes to those who grew up with — cycles of fear, control, and emotional disconnection. This book offers tools for raising emotionally secure children with connection, respect, and love. For those of us healing our inner child while learning to parent differently, it’s a validating reminder that discipline can come from love, not fear — and that healing often starts at home.

Click pa’ sanar ✨

A love letter to every Latina learning to set boundaries, speak her truth, and stop shrinking. Sandra’s voice is real, raw, and so affirming. For those of us taught to be agreeable, quiet, or self-sacrificing, this book helps unlearn those patterns and rewrite what power looks like.

Click pa’ sanar ✨

This is a powerful book that explores how trauma doesn’t just live in the mind – it lives in the body. Todos los que estamos en our healing journey. This helps connect the dots between past pain and present patterns, offering understanding, hope and learning to listening to their body with compassion.

Click pa’ sanar ✨

This book directly speaks to first-gen daughters, cycle breakers and anyone who’s ever been they’re “too much”. Éste es para las niñas who were told they were demasiado ruidosa, demasiado sensible, y siempre demasiado pa’ los demás.
Your tenderness is not a weakness, your anger is not a flaw, and you are allowed to take up space sin disculpas. It’s healing, it’s rebellion, it’s soft y poderosa.

Click pa’ sanar ✨

This isn’t just a book — it’s an invitation to shift the question from “What’s wrong with me?” to “What happened to me?” Many of us grew up in homes where emotions were silenced, survival came first, and trauma was normalized or never acknowledged. Along side the valuable knowledge of trauma’s role in our brain development, relationships, and behavior, it also highlights the hope for healing including the role of community, connection, and finding meaning. 

Click pa’ sanar ✨

If you’ve ever felt ni de aquí, ni de allá… this book will hold you. It reminds you that you’re not crazy, not dramatic, and definitely not alone. It validates the guilt, the grit, and the tenderness it takes to chase sueños while still honoring la familia, la cultura, y las raíces que te formaron.
 Alejandra Campoverdi’s story as a first-gen Mexican-American navigating college, a professional career and the silent emotional battles in between that feel so familiar. No es solo un memoir  — it’s a mirror, una compañera pa’ tu own healing journey.

Click pa’ sanar ✨

This book is a lifeline for cycle breakers. Dr. Buqué blends clinical wisdom with ancestral healing, helping us understand how intergenerational trauma lives in our minds, bodies, and relationships. For first-gen Latinas navigating emotional pain passed down through generations, this book is a roadmap to healing — with rituals, reflections, and culturally grounded practices that say: no tienes que cargar lo que no te pertence,

Click pa’ sanar ✨

Para sanar hay mucho trabajo. This work is hard, it’s messy and at times it can be very dysregulating. Éste libro teaches you how trauma-driven thinking keeps you stuck and gives you strategies para superarlo. Runkle shares her own experience of PTSD connecting to those who have our own trauma. Este libro te extiende una mano llena de compasión y healing pa’ tu journey de sanación.

Click pa’ sanar ✨