The Esperanza Rising Fund is Seattle Amistad School's financial aid fund. It makes a Spanish-English two-way dual language immersion education possible for students whose families share our commitment to joy, belonging, and academic excellence, but for whom the full cost of tuition is out of reach.
Named for the resilience and hope at the heart of Pam Muñoz Ryan's beloved novel, the fund began as a promise: that a family's hardest moment would never become the end of a child's education at Amistad. That promise still stands. When job loss, illness, or displacement threatens to pull a student from our community, the Esperanza Rising Fund is there.
Today the fund carries that same spirit further. Through need-based financial aid, it helps families of every circumstance choose Amistad and stay at Amistad, from infancy through 8th grade. Support may include tuition assistance, school supplies, and after-school care, so that finances never stand between a child and a bilingual, biliterate, multicultural education.
A two-way immersion community is only as strong as the diversity of families within it. Every student we keep in the community is a future leader using their unique gifts to create positive change in their communities, families, and lives. The Esperanza Rising Fund reflects Amistad's intentional commitment to honoring students' experiences, ensuring that the linguistic and cultural richness we celebrate is one every family can be part of.
Join us in keeping Amistad within reach for every family who belongs here.
