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About Ashley Davis

Ashley volunteered as an ESL teacher at Casa Marianella for several years. She now manages the website and supports the marketing team to help spread the word about Casa's incredible mission! You can reach her at: adavis@casamarianella.org

Local and Online ESL Class Resources

All current & former Casa residents are welcome to Casa ESL classes!  Here are other options for ESL classes in Austin for the general public or former residents who want more formal ESL classes. 1) Austin Community College: - Adult education ESL: free classes; https://www.austincc.edu/academic-and-career-programs/adult-education/english-as-a-second-language-esl; tel:5122235123; email: mailto:adulted@austincc.edu - Intensive ESOL for higher level students: $29 [...]

By |2023-02-01T20:36:15-06:00February 1st, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

We love our staff here at Casa!

We can't say enough about how amazing our staff, interns and volunteers are! These incredible humans have worked so hard through the pandemic to overcome many obstacles. We are so grateful to continue to learn and grow together, as a team. What keeps us united is our passion to support the immigrant community here [...]

By |2021-08-17T12:42:40-06:00August 17th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Convivio is back!

May 2021 - Our first Convivio after Covid: Gathering every last Sunday of the month is one thing we missed the most during the pandemic at Casa Marianella. Over the years, Convivio has grown into a wide ranging community event, encompassing food, music and dancing. We love to gather the Casa community to create an [...]

By |2021-07-14T12:41:11-06:00July 13th, 2021|Events|0 Comments

Memories from Convivio!

Over the years at Casa Marianella, Convivio has grown into a broad community event where fun, fellowship, dinner, music and dancing all play a central role. Convivio serves as a moment “to pause, give thanks for life, food, music, and a supportive community to pass the tempests of the times.” (Josh Collier, Former Staff) Today [...]

By |2021-05-21T16:11:34-06:00May 21st, 2021|Events|1 Comment

A Huge Thank You to All the Amazing Local Businesses and Organizations Supporting Casa During the Storm and Amplify Austin

Here at Casa Marianella, we are overwhelmed with gratitude by all the recent support from businesses and organizations here in ATX, especially during the storm and Amplify Austin. Words cannot express our appreciation, but here’s our attempt to give you all a big shout out! There are so many of you to thank individually that [...]

By |2021-04-10T05:21:37-06:00April 10th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Casa on KVUE: Giving Back on Giving Tuesday

So much gratitude for you all supporting Casa by generously contributing on Giving Tuesday to help us raise just over 7K. We couldn't do this without you. Thank you for helping us carry out our mission to welcome displaced immigrants and promotes self-sufficiency by providing shelter and support services. >>CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE KVUE [...]

By |2018-12-18T01:14:42-06:00December 18th, 2018|Events, In the News|0 Comments

Celebrating the Lives of Two Champions

This week we lost two of our champions. Our beloved volunteer Jorge Huerta and retired Bishop John McCarthy, former Wendler award winner: https://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-obituaries/john-mccarthy-retired-former-austin-diocese-bishop-dies/IBYW5p9PAmybD1r3Cr5pEN/ Jorge Huerta recently wrote a beautiful piece about his experience at Casa helping residents: http://www.casamarianella.org/2018/05/16/volunteer-jorge-huerta-shares-about-his-experiences-helping-residents/ Today we remember these two heroes and celebrate their lives. Both were full of love, kindness and [...]

By |2018-08-21T08:17:29-06:00August 21st, 2018|In the News, Volunteer Spotlight|0 Comments

Mundial’18 Benefit at Kinda Tropical

On the 14th of July we gathered at Kinda Tropical with DJ Sal Vasquez, Indivisible Austin, Cine Las Americas and CustomInk to celebrate the World Cup, fellowship, family and freedom. Sal Vasquez, along with Jean Anne Lauer (Cine Las Americas) and Sara Clough (Indivisible Austin) had put their heads together and decided to throw a [...]

By |2018-08-08T20:06:37-06:00August 8th, 2018|Events|0 Comments

Convivio Celebration May 2018

Convivio in May was quieter than usual but nonetheless we enjoyed an evening full of fun, delicious food, live music and dancing! We sang "Happy Birthday" to resident Esther and celebrated with a cake. ESL teacher extraordinaire Erica Braverman performed with several of her musician friends from the local Irish session community.   [...]

By |2018-06-07T08:24:26-06:00June 7th, 2018|Events, Volunteer Spotlight|0 Comments
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