Filipinx Moms: “Interpreting Ina”

Build collective Pinay/oy/xy community, healing, and power with other Filipinx moms

Filipinas baby kid group by Justin L U C K

About Interpreting Ina

Facilitated by Kate Viernes, LCSW #80753, this peer-led group is shaped by the needs of its members and grounded in community care. While it’s not a therapy group, it’s a space for reflection, solidarity, and healing held for Filipinx moms.

• Filipinx mothers at any stage—pregnant, postpartum, adoptive, toddler moms, moms of school-age kids, single (by choice or not), partnered, and moms with disabilities

• LGBTQIA+ Filipinx moms and Filipinx moms of all genders

• Those born in the U.S. or who immigrated from the Philippines (group is held in English)

• Anyone curious about decolonizing motherhood—even if you’re still figuring out what that means

This group welcomes:

Together, we explore questions like:

• What does it mean to be a Filipinx mom?

• What unique challenges do we face?

• How can our identity support healing for ourselves, our children, and our communities?

• Am I really alone in all this?

(Spoiler: You’re not.)

Babies and children are always welcome.

 FAQs

Filipina mom and kid by Alessandro Biascioli

  • We don’t have another cycle of the group currently planned—but if and when we receive enough interest, we’ll be excited to launch a new cohort!

  • To grow our kapwa and collective power here in the South Bay Area, we have met only in person in the past. Depending on future needs and locations of those interested, we are open to either keeping the in-person format or switching it up to meeting online.

Peer Support Group

Our peer support groups are by default free and open to all.
If you’d like to contribute at any time, you may do so here.

Any amount is welcome and helps support our facilitators and the Mom Village community—thank you!

Please note: We are not a nonprofit, so donations are optional and not tax-deductible.

Let’s walk this journey together.

You deserve care that sees the whole you. We offer therapy that’s trauma-informed and centered on connection, especially for people and communities who’ve been marginalized.