One Language, Many Cultures
IntegrArte SF is a cultural and educational organization dedicated to promoting the Spanish Language and Latin American culture as a way to support bilingual and multicultural education. IntegrArte SF facilitates the creation of spaces and projects where children and youth from different backgrounds can have the opportunity to learn and practice Spanish, and help maintain and strengthen cultural and familial ties for Latino children and youth.
IntegrArte SF supports children in the process of learning the Spanish language by involving them in interactive workshops and activities such as art, music, dance, theater, storytelling and other artistic and cultural forms of expressions from all Latin American countries. Our curriculum emphasizes the contributions of people of African and Native American descent. In addition, our curriculum incorporates science and environmental education to promote love and respect for our community and environment.
Investing in the Latino community.
Why.
As immigrants, parents, and professionals from Latin America living in and contributing to the diversity of San Francisco, we are the stewards of our culture and language. With that comes the responsibility to pass culture and language onto the children in our community, to maintain our cultural identity, and to protect the multicultural character of our city.
How.
IntegrArte SF’s mission is to aid children in the process of learning the Spanish language by involving them in activities such as art, music, dance, theater, science, and the environment.
Our vision.
IntegrArte SF aspires to become self-sustaining entity that generates resources to invest in cultural/educational projects, promote cultural exchange to strengthen ties between The United States and Latin American communities and spread the wealth of Latin American culture and identity.
Meet the Founder
Dheyanira Calahorrano
Dheyanira is a health coach and social entrepreneur passionate about the integration of Latino culture into the San Francisco community. As an immigrant from Ecuador that has been living in San Francisco for over 24 years, she created IntegrArte SF to highlight and solve some of the many challenges facing Latino immigrants and their families. She is foreign pharmacist, homeschool mother, and a community leader committed to contribute to preserve the Latino culture in the Mission District.