The CUENTOS Foundation gives voice to the stories (cuentos) of our diverse communities through the collaborative art programs we create and facilitate. We utilize artistic strategies for reflecting upon, expressing, documenting, and sharing our transforming cultural heritage and traditions.

Our storefront studio at 6321 North Clark is a think-tank and center for the community-organized programs conceived with residents of the ethnically rich neighborhoods around us, whom we serve. Cuentos' work crosses boundaries. We are both interdisciplinary, mixing dance, music, poetry, theatre, visual arts, and the humanities, and cross-cultural, bringing together Latinos, Asians, Middle Easterners, Europeans, Africans, and African-Americans.

Cuentos opens doorways to global understanding, participation, and building relationships. Strong personal and cultural identity and the ability to positively engage and communicate are the keys to empowering youth, families, and communities with the capacity for participating in positive social transformation.