Curriculum Summary
Xinachtli (she-nsh-tli) is a nationally recognized character development framework. Designed specifically for educators, counselors, and community leaders working with youth, this program offers a transformative approach to addressing the root causes of school pushout and improving outcomes such as academic achievement, emotional well-being, and graduation rates. Based on indigenous principals of the individual’s interconnectedness to the family, the community, and nation.
The Xinachtli curriculum provides a dialectic process of:
Reflexión (reflection)
Concientización (critical consciousness)
Creación (creation)
Acción (action)
Facilitators and youth participants of Xinachtli Youth Rites of Passage make up the Xinachtli Comadres National Colectiva (XCNC). XCNC is an extended kinship network centering girls, Fem(mes), and non-binary youth of color, vitalizing deep and lasting connections between Indigenous/Chicana/Latinx girls and their communities, to cultivate intergenerational, healing-informed leadership for community health and systems transformation.
“This training was more than a preparation to facilitate, it was an opportunity for us to deepen our self-trust, self-confidence, and self-care so that we can serve from a more rooted place.”
“The Xinachtli Course is very powerful and moving and allows femme identifying people to get to know themselves, while creating community. Making this curriculum available to young girls is extremely important and necessary. It helps women and young girls build identity, develop a spine, and cultivate meaningful relationships with other girls, women leaders, and most of all their culture.”
Dear Community Partners,
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Xinachtli Rites of Passage Certification Training, a powerful opportunity to deepen your impact on youth through a proven, culturally grounded curriculum that fosters healing, resilience, and leadership among girls and gender-expansive youth.
Certification Details:
Dates: June 25–27, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
Location: Los Angeles (El Sereno) California
Who Should Attend:
K–12 educators, school counselors, and youth mentors
Community-based organization staff and cultural practitioners
Certified Xinachtli facilitators seeking renewal
Advocates committed to healing centered leadership.
What You’ll Gain:
Hands-on Training: Led by veteran Xinachtli facilitators with deep expertise in healing-centered, culturally responsive practices.
National Network: Join a vibrant learning community of educators and leaders from across the country through the Xinachtli Comadres National Colectiva (XCNC)
Evidence-Based Tools: Receive a curriculum grounded in decades of research and practice that promotes character development, leadership, and well-being.
If you are ready to invest in the future of youth by creating inclusive healing-informed spaces, we invite you to join us. For more information, please contact Kelatztli Mendoza at Kelatztli@xcnc.org.
In Community and Commitment,
The Xinachtli Comadres National Colectiva
