Founded by Hispanic Protestant clergy to strengthen the largely poor communities of North Philadelphia, Esperanza has gathered together talented educators, housing and immigration counsellors, business corridor developers, music teachers, and more, around its founding mission to “serve the least of these” (Matthew 25:40).

This intimate documentary, focusing mainly on Esperanza’s exemplary educational work with inner city youth in its public charter schools, which out-perform all public schools around them, and in its two-year Christian college, captures in vivid, personal ways how this mission-driven organization meets youth and their families where they are with love and care. It holds important lessons for how this faith-based enterprise serves, according to Edwin Aponte, Dean of Drew Theological School, “as one of the key factors in the growth of a holistic Christianity in the United States.” Watch it and learn what can be done in your city!