About La Casa

La Casa de la Cultura opens its doors to all identities, where education about our roots and other cultures builds bridges of understanding and respect in our global community.

La Casa de la Cultura founded in 2022, in Charlotte, NC. is a beacon of cultural diversity that celebrates the roots, traditions, and identity of each person. Education is a fundamental pillar, opening its doors to all cultures to create artistic spaces and activities that promote diversity, respect, empathy, and intercultural understanding, seeking to enrich the local community and strengthen global ties.

Learn, share, connect. At La Casa de la Cultura, your story is celebrated, and education unites us. Together, we build a future of understanding and unity.

VISION

As a vibrant cultural organization and center in Charlotte, we unite cultures to build a respectful and harmonious community.

La Casa de la Cultura is a cultural organization and center in Charlotte (with reach to other cities and states in the United States), a dynamic and inclusive place that empowers the community to explore, learn, and celebrate cultural diversity. We aspire to lead in promoting intercultural understanding and respect, contributing to a more tolerant and harmonious society locally and globally.

MISION

At La Casa de la Cultura, we celebrate roots and cultures, uniting hearts with art to build a community of respect and belonging.

La Casa de la Cultura fosters pride in roots and traditions, celebrates cultural diversity, and promotes intercultural understanding. Its mission is to create an inclusive space where the love for local and global culture is enriched through artistic and folkloric expressions, building connections based on creativity, empathy, respect, equity, and tolerance to strengthen the sense of belonging in the community.

Meet our team

This project stands on a firm foundation, forged by an unstoppable team: diverse, solid, and deeply passionate. Professionals, educators, and artists who not only master their craft but live it with soul, with purpose. They are the architects of invisible bridges, the sowers of ideas that bloom in every corner, the guardians of an art that is much more than a form of expression: it is a tool for transformation, belonging, and healing. Their talent is no accident; it is born of a burning vocation, a clear vision, and an unshakable commitment to change and community.

At La Casa de la Cultura, every activity is a song of resistance, unity, and love; every artistic expression is an embrace that welcomes diversity; and every community finds a refuge where its history, its voice, and its creativity are not only heard but bloom without boundaries or limits.

Meet our Board Members & team

Milagros Ugueto de Sanchez

CEO & Co-Founder

Visionary Manager:

Leader & Cultural Catalyst

VenezuelanAfro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artivist, educator, and cultural manager based in Charlotte, NC. A co-founder of La Casa de la Cultura, she connects teaching, art, and traditions with a global vision and has created vital cultural spaces within the city. Since 2000, she has fostered intercultural understanding through language education and passionately promotes equality and respect for all through her work. She also actively participates in other artistic projects, including Son de Pueblos, a musical and folkloric group. As an artivist, Milagros blends her Afro-Indigenous heritage with contemporary art to preserve collective memory. Collaborating with her husband under Kandake&Cacao, she creates multidisciplinary works celebrating Afro-Indigenous identity. A passionate cultural manager, Milagros builds bridges between communities and generations, promoting diversity, understanding, equality, and respect through art and education.

Keudis Sanchez

COO & C0-Founder

Visionary Manager

Leader & Cultural Catalyst

Venezuelan-born multidisciplinary Afro-Indigenous artivist, performer, and cultural manager based in Charlotte, NC. Co-founder of La Casa de la Cultura, he passionately preserves and promotes diasporic traditions through innovative art forms, including augmented reality. A visual arts graduate, his experimental work has been featured in major exhibitions like Men of Change and State of the Art. An apprentice musician, dancer, and performer. He also actively participates in other artistic projects, including Son de Pueblos, a musical and folkloric group. Specializing in Afrodescendant folklore, Keudis fuses visual art with music and dance for immersive cultural experiences. With his wife, he co-leads the collective Kandake&Cacao, bridging ancestral and contemporary expressions to unite diverse communities through art and heritage. A visionary manager and leader of cultural vanguard.

Natalia Silva

Co-founder & Treasurer

Visionary Leader &

Hispanic Community Builder

Colombian Influential entrepreneur, business woman and community leader in Charlotte, NC. As part of the founding team of La Casa de la Cultura and the founder of the vibrant Colombian Festival of the Carolinas, she actively champions Colombian cultural richness in the region. A founding member of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce of the Carolinas (CACC), Natalia also drives the economic growth of the Hispanic community. Recognized among Charlotte's 50 most influential women, she is a strong and passionate voice forging cultural and economic connections in the "Queen City."