Honoring the Legacy of Carmen Castellano
Honoring the Legacy of Carmen Castellano
On behalf of the ¡Si Se Puede! Collective, we honor the legacy of Carmen Castellano – a devoted wife and mother, community advocate, philanthropist, and the inspiration behind the Castellano Family Foundation’s mission to cultivate and enrich Latino family values and promote the arts in Santa Clara County.
“For many, Carmen was a trailblazer. She set the standard for requiring majority Latinx-representation on nonprofit Boards, by making that a condition to apply.”
Through Carmen’s leadership, the Castellano Family Foundation has been focused on supporting organizations led by and serving the Latinx Community since inception. We are grateful, not just for their continuous support of our individual organizations, but for being the first foundation to invest in the Collective as a grantee. Carmen especially believed in our vision of uniting our strategies for deeper impact in the Mayfair neighborhood.