Job Type: Full Time (email me if interested - seyman@casamarianella.org) Our Mission: Casa Marianella welcomes displaced immigrants and promotes self-sufficiency by providing shelter and support services. Job Description: The Child Advocate will work with the staff at our family shelter (Abri Lumiere) to provide quality enrichment and programming for our kids as well as support [...]
This week we are sharing a beautiful 360 story by the award-winning author, Khaled Hosseini. Khaled wrote Sea Prayer as a way to commemorate the anniversary of the passing of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian child who drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to safety in 2015. It has been 5 years since the [...]
Rowan Mueller Rowan was born and raised in Houston Texas, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. She spent most of college working to support wheelchair athletes and children with Autism. Her time spent studying abroad in Peru was extremely formative, as she loved studying the effects of climate change on indigenous populations and [...]
Casa Marianella welcomes displaced immigrants and promotes self-sufficiency by providing shelter and support services. At Casa Marianella, we are one big family, all passionate about helping create bright futures for the immigrants and asylum seekers that walk through our doors. We're on the lookout for French Speaking Benefits Coordinator to join our team. If you're [...]
We wanted to be intentional in our launch of GYV products. When we launched GYV in 2018, it was our goal to explore voices, staples, and scents from Mesoamerica. My wife is from northern Mexico, and I am from El Salvador; we knew there was a lot to highlight and share, so the GYV Hope [...]
At Casa Marianella, we’ve been incredibly fortunate since our inception in 1986 that our ATX family has consistently stood up and spoke out for our mission. The overwhelming majority of the time we have felt nothing but love and support from our community (and beyond). This week we’re taking the chance to say thank you [...]
Interesting in working at Casa Marianella? At Casa, we are family. From monthly celebrations at Convivio to staff bonding activities and the chance to make a real impact on the immigrant community in Texas - we love what we do and we love doing it as a team. Please see below for our full job [...]
Interested in working at Casa Marianella full-time? We're on the hunt for a great communicator and problem-solver to join the family at Team Casa as a Benefits Coordinator! If you're interested, please email our Co-Executive Director, Patti McCabe, at pmccabe@casamarianella.org with subject line 'Benefits Coordinator Application' a short summary about yourself and why you think [...]
Today, we’re sharing just a few incredible resident stories, as part of a longer series from our Case Manager, Lily Dayanim. Lily is a talented photographer and digital storyteller who took the time to interview Casa residents and hear about their often terrifying, challenging and inspiring journeys to the United States. Each story is unique, [...]
This holiday season, the Statesman published an article speaking about one of our beloved former Casa families: Deogratias Niyongabo, 38, his wife, Françoise Irankunda, 39, and their two daughters, Esther, 5, and Brianna, 3, from Burundi. Deogratis and Françoise, who moved into their own apartment with their children after leaving Casa Marianella, were gifted new, [...]