Welcome to our Circle of Co-Creation – La Casa Aurora

On October 24, 2026, we had our official launch at the Community Center Tetreau. We had beautiful light and natural sights surrounding us as we welcomed a group of 30 women to explore what La Casa Aurora is about. May and I shared our vision for the future of this emerging space for connection, community, and co-creation.

Leaning on the common thread of being women living in Canada and managing multiple roles on your daily life, be it ‘mom’, ‘employee’, ‘retiree’, ‘grandmother’, ‘aunt’, ‘wife’, ‘girlfriend’, and lastly simply being a woman who is nurturing others and then herself. Intentionally, our Saturday gathering was created to pause and honour the women that came before us. May and I were both born in Cuba, only children, and in households that celebrated community and diversity daily; our households were the chosen gathering place of many community members, or as we colloquially refer to it ‘La casa del barrio’. After ten years of close friendship forged in Canada, we are pleased to be co-creating this space of sharing stories, common interests, and creativity.

We started the afternoon by connecting over some tea and introducing ‘La Casa Aurora’ to the group; you can see the presentation we shared in our website. Then, we welcomed four wonderful performers who brought the community together through the magic of music and dance. We had Marlene and Cora share their violin playing and singing skills with us and Sujaya and Norma sharing dance styles from India and Argentina. Later on, our guests had the opportunity to write down what Connection, Community, and Co-creation mean to them, which was very rewarding for us as hostesses to receive these messages and weave them into ‘La Casa Aurora’ as our project continues to grow on the basis of these three pillars.

Finally, we all came together in what we foresee as the closing tradition of all our events, The Circle of Co-creation’. Simply put, we stood in a circle and held hands, but for us, this is a symbol of the long-lasting connections ‘La Casa Aurora’ events are here to establish and nurture. And with that first circle, the invitation is open to humans of all paths of life, generations, cultures, and genders to come and share what we all have in common: our humanity.

For those who showed up on Saturday, thank you again for your time and presence; we could not have done it without you.

Then, to those who may be hearing about ‘La Casa Aurora’ for the first time, the invitation is open: join our circle and let’s co-create some memorable experiences together.