Our founding story
Jessie Shen founded La Moneta around a family tradition of helping others. The original story describes how those values became a commitment to supporting children and their communities.
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People · Ideas · Impact
Program updates, community stories, cultural learning, partnerships and impact.
Community Stories
People and partnerships creating change.
Program Updates
Strong Within, REBUILD, Retreat and cultural programs.
Road to Dreams
Documentary, film and storytelling projects.
From our archive
Discover the foundation’s original story and earlier storytelling projects.
Book About Dragons
A children’s book by Tommy Shen that explores kindness, imagination and Chinese dragon mythology.
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Book About Basics, Everything & Love
Jessie Shen’s illustrated book celebrates the relationship between a mother and her children, with text in English and Mandarin.
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