The Founding Family
Madrinas y Padrinos
In Latino culture, madrinas and padrinos are family — the people who show up, who invest not just resources but belief. They are the founding family of this movement, and their names will stand with ALMAAHH from the beginning.
Who They Are
Not donors. Family.
ALMAAHH’s Madrinas y Padrinos are the founding family of this movement — the first to say, “I believe in this vision, and I want to help build it.” Their commitment is what makes everything else possible: the exhibitions, the workshops, the community gatherings, and the future complex itself.
When the doors open, their names will stand with ALMAAHH from the beginning — recognized not as donors to a campaign, but as the family that made the home.
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Public Recognition
Honored as a founding supporter — your name stands with ALMAAHH on this page and across the opening of the museum campus.
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Exclusive Gatherings
Private previews, patron dinners, and behind-the-scenes moments with leadership, artists, and fellow members of the founding family.
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Historic Legacy
A place in the story of how Houston’s first world-class Latino arts and archive complex came to be — permanent, documented, remembered.
Our Founding Family
The first to believe.
These visionary supporters stepped forward before the doors opened — before the walls were raised — to say yes to Houston’s first world-class Latino arts and archive complex.
Nancy and Carlos Arevalo
Mario K. Castillo
Arturo Chavez
Wendy Montoya Cloonan
Carlos Duarte
Rick Figueroa
Nelly and Felix Fraga
Elliot Gershenson
Karen Hegland Garcia and Roland Garcia
Kim and Celestino Gonzalez
Susana Howard Rosas
Geraldina Interiano Wise
Stan Marek
George Martinez
Silvana Micolich
Esteban Montero
Jacob Monty
Laura G. Murillo
Juan Padilla
Annise Parker
Peter Rodriguez
Graciela Saenz
Massey Villarreal
Lorie Westrick
Your name could stand with theirs. Join the founding family — and help build the home Houston’s American Latino community deserves.
Where Your Gift Goes
Every dollar builds three things.
Madrinas y Padrinos contributions directly support the programs, people, and permanent home that make ALMAAHH possible.
The Programs
Exhibitions, workshops, and cultural activations.
From gallery exhibitions at POST Houston to community workshops and the annual Salsa de Mayo celebration — your support funds the programming that keeps ALMAAHH visible and active while the permanent campus rises.
Active today — across the city
The People
Artists, curators, and the team behind the mission.
Operational support keeps the engine running — leadership, curators, program staff, and paid opportunities for Latino artists whose work will populate the archive and galleries for generations.
Staffed and growing — a working institution
The Place
The future arts and archive complex itself.
Every founding gift becomes part of the capital foundation for the complex — a permanent home in Houston’s East End for Latino cultural and visual arts, archives, and community convening.
In development — Houston East End
Stay Connected
Be part of what’s next.
Whether you’re ready to join the founding family or simply want to stay informed, we’d love to keep you in the conversation. Reach out to learn more about Madrinas y Padrinos or upcoming ALMAAHH events.
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