“MIXTECA IS A SECOND HOME FOR LATINX IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND THRIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.”

OUR HISTORY

Mixteca has been supporting the Sunset Park community since the early days of the AIDS crisis twenty years ago. In the year 2000, Dr. Gabriel Rincón set out to address a lack of spanish-language information about HIV/AIDS that was disproportionately affecting immigrants in New York City. He founded Mixteca Organization, Inc.: A non-governmental, non-profit community center to provide free health and education programs to New York City’s Mexican immigrant community. The mission was the elimination of cultural, social, and economic barriers that hinder the advancement of Mexican immigrants. Mixteca became a meeting place for people of very different origins who are looking to create a community where thousands of Latino families can find support, information, and the resources that permit them to progress and adapt in this city. 

The first headquarters of Mixteca Organization, Inc. is the basement of Dr. Rincón’s office. Steady growth necessitated that the organization moved its headquarters to its current location on the second floor of 245 23rd street in 2005. Mixteca has been offering English, literacy, and computer classes, interactive presentations about labor rights and immigration, health workshops, the Consulate on Wheels, and community celebrations ever since.

When unprecedented health and economic upheaval reached our city in March 2020, Mixteca sprang into action by providing meals, personal protective equipment, rent assistance, burial assistance, and repatriation assistance to families in need--all while continuing to provide our hallmark programming such as ESL classes, immigration rights workshops, and health and wellness.

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