Built by Single Moms,
For Single Moms.
Vesta's Village is a healing-centered community created by and for single mothers in Los Angeles.
"It takes a village to raise a child."— Old African Proverb
For generations, especially in matriarchal and matrilineal cultures, raising a child was a shared, collective effort — not a solo task. Children were shaped by many hands, guided by aunties, elders, neighbors, and chosen kin. At Vesta's Village, we're reclaiming that truth. We believe that motherhood deserves support and that every mother should have a village standing beside her.
Empowering Single Moms with the Tools to Do It on Their Own — and the Village to Support Them Along the Way.
See our full plan and phases → Our BlueprintVesta's Village is a healing-centered community created by and for single mothers. Though we are currently in our early phase, our goal is to provide safe housing, essential support, and pathways from surviving to stability
Our mission is to ensure that no mother has to navigate this journey without support. Our vision includes access to shared childcare, emotional support, and economic opportunity — all grounded in dignity, lived experience, and collective care.
We believe that when mothers are seen and supported, their families flourish — and communities grow stronger for generations to come.
Because How We Care for Our Mothers
Directly Shapes the Future We're Building
Our mission is to empower single mothers with the tools to do it on their own — and the village to support them along the way. Vesta's Village fosters growth, healing, and long-term stability through housing, childcare, emotional support, financial pathways, and collective leadership.
Fully Resourced,
Fully Supported.
A future where single mothers are surrounded by real support, meaningful resources, and a community that sees their worth. Where mothers lead, earn, heal, and raise their children in dignity. Because when women are supported, communities grow stronger for generations to come.
Founder's Story
"I needed to create the kind of village, the kind of support and resources, that I needed but could not find. That is why Vesta's Village exists."
In 2022, I became a single mom.
My relationship came to an end, and I found myself pushed into the world as a single person and mother — inheriting a new identity and position in society that I realized I knew very little about.
I was raised between split households. I had seen single parenthood firsthand as a child. Even though I couldn't fully understand it then, I recognized it — the emotional disconnect, the stress over money, over custody, over loneliness and lack of support.
As an adult, as a single parent, that weight became mine. The stress and responsibility can feel overwhelming — especially when it doesn't feel like there is any support to be found. From legal aid, to housing, to food stamps, to simply learning how to spend nights alone after 15 years in a family unit — I found myself in a maze of systems I couldn't access, and a storm of feelings I didn't know how to hold.
I felt alone. I felt confused. I felt like I was failing both my son and myself.
But the truth was, I wasn't a failure. I was being failed — like so many other single mothers — by a system that was never designed to support or uplift us. I wasn't broken. The system was.
About a year in, my landlord raised the rent by $500 a month. I could barely afford what I was paying already. And the more that reality set in, the more I realized I couldn't be the only mother in this situation.
So I sought out another mom. Honestly, I was already trying to start the village — because I knew I couldn't do this alone.
She was a well-paid professional with a strong income. I had low income but great credit. We thought between the two of us, we had enough. Two single moms, just trying to find a place we could afford together. But we kept getting denied.
That was the moment everything became clear. No matter what we did, the system found a way to say no. So I looked at the data — what does the experience of single moms in LA really look like, and how much support actually exists for us? What I found confirmed what I already knew in my gut.
There really wasn't any.
I knew I needed to create something — the kind of village, the kind of support and resources, that I needed but could not find. That is why we're building Vesta's Village.
Ready to Help Us
Build the Village?
Every contribution — money, time, or simply showing up — helps us build the support single mothers in LA need.