LA ESPERANZA
The mission of La Esperanza is to encourage and strengthen the social, educational, physical and mental well being of the local Latino community and build relationships between cultures.
Mujeres Unidas en Fe (Women United in Faith) is an outreach of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Marshall, North Carolina. La Esperanza currently serves over seventy Latina families — more than 300 persons. Residing in Madison, Buncombe, and Yancey counties, the majority of these families are first and second generation immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
To get involved with La Esperanza, please contact co-directors Rebecca Sharp (828)329-0675 and Paula Velazquez White (828)206-4027 or email lalaesperanza20@gmail.com
Paula (Velazquez) White has been with The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (ECHS) since 2018 where she first became involved as the Sunday morning Nursery worker.
Paula is originally from Puebla, Mexico, where she completed four years at the University of Puebla in Education as a foreign language instructor. Paula came to the country for the first time in 2013 in a cultural exchange program to work in a religious summer camp in Michigan, where she met her husband Bryan in 2014. Paula and Bryan married and have a daughter, Maria. In 2017, they moved to Marshall, NC. This little family likes to play music and dance together, go camping, spend time outdoors, and spending time together as a family.
Navigate through the slideshow below to learn more about the ministries and people we serve with La Esperanza and how you can get involved with this ministry.
