SCHOOLS HAVE FACED CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING BILINGUAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS ALONG WITH ACCESS TO BOOKS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.

CURRENTLY AROUND 40 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WE SPOKE WITH THE TEACHER TURNED BUSINESS OWNER WAS WORKING TO BRIDGE THIS GAP AND ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BILINGUAL MATERIALS.

NOTICE WHEN NINA BE A MOTHER, BUMBLE GETTING MUST CONFESS NOW MONEY SAYS AS A CHILD, SHE FELT MOST AT HOME WHEN SURROUNDED BY BOOKS.

WE WENT TO THE VIRUS IT WAS LIKE OUR SAFE SPACE WHERE WE KICK IT HELP FROM THE LIBRARIANS FOR HOMER ACCUSE THE COMPUTERS.

NOW SHE'S OPENING HER OWN BOOK EVENT.

WILL SOME EAGLES BOOKS IS A BILINGUAL BOOK STORE IN THE BUCKTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BUILDING WILL BOOKS ARE WRITTEN BY LATINO AUTHORS AND THAT THEY SPEAK TO OUR EXPERIENCES.

SO OBVIOUSLY SUN A SONICALLY THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOM USED TO TELL US.

LISA GET HURT BEFORE OWNING A BUSINESS FOR MONEY SPENT 5 YEARS AS A DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER INSTRUCTING STUDENTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AS A TEACHER, WE I NOTICED THE NEED.

BUT THEN I SAW THAT SAME PROBLEM A NEED FOR MYSELF.

WHEN I BECAME A MOM AND I HAD THOSE GOALS OF HAVING MY SON KNOW HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH READ SPANISH.

SO YEAH, HE'S A BIG INSPIRATION FOR FOR THE SPACE.

HER PASSION FOR BOOKS ALSO LED HER TO STUDY TO BECOME A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN WHERE SHE LEARNED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING THE MAINE ASSIGNMENT IN THE COURSE WAS TO GO DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR AND WEATHER DATA AND BOOKS FOR CUSTOMER THAT MAY BE IN NEED AND LUCKILY, MY CUSTOMER WAS OUR SCHOOL'S LIBRARIAN AND WE WERE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

SO I ASKED HER WHAT SHE NEEDED.

I WENT AND I SOURCED IN AND BROUGHT IT BACK.

SO BAD EXPERIENCE REALLY LEFT A MARK ON ME.

THE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE SET HER ON A NEW PATH WITH HER BACKGROUND IN PURCHASING BOOKS.

FOR MONEY NOW SERVES AS A VENDOR FOR CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BILINGUAL BOOKS.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FINALLY REALIZING WHAT WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT BILINGUALISM IS OUR GREATEST ASSET.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING US DEVELOP.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT SHIFT.

WITH THAT SHIFT COMES A GREATER NEED FOR THE RESOURCES.

GERMANY SAYS SHE WANTS CHILDREN TO FEEL REPRESENTED BY THE BOOKS IN HER STORE.

OUR LOGO MEET HIM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BOOKING A LITTLE HEART BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL DONE WITH THE MINDSET THAT IT'S FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, LIKE MY SHE RUNS THE BOOKSTORE WITH HER HUSBAND JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND'S CHILDHOOD HOME IN LOGAN SQUARE, A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE HOPES TO MAKE HER MARK.

FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE UP SPACE TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HERE THAT WE BELONG HERE AND THAT OUR EXPERIENCES IN DARLING, WHICH MATTER THE STORE OFFERS A