Über uns | The Mama Vida Club – Für Mütter. Mit Herz.

Founded by mothers. Growing for mothers.

The Mama Vida Club is a mother-led nonprofit community in Vienna, built around the real lives, experiences, cultures and strengths of mothers.

We bring together women from different countries, languages and life paths with one shared purpose: to build the village that so many mothers are missing.

From isolation to community.

In 2020, Ludisis — known in the community as Mamá Ludi — arrived in Austria as a Cuban migrant during the pandemic.

She became a mother far away from her original family and support network. During a period shaped by isolation, adapting to a new country and her own experience of postpartum depression, she learned firsthand how vulnerable motherhood can feel when the village around a mother is missing.

But she also carried something deeply rooted in her Cuban heritage: music, movement, warmth, community and the belief that difficult moments are not meant to be carried alone.

What began with dance, conversations and small moments of connection between mothers gradually grew. Other women brought their own cultures, professions, experiences, skills and ideas.

Over time, a personal experience became something collective: a community in which mothers are not simply participants, but active contributors.

Mama Vida did not begin with a finished concept. It grew because mothers started building together what many of them had been missing themselves.

By mothers. For mothers.

At The Mama Vida Club, mothers are not seen as passive recipients of services. The community itself is a source of knowledge, experience, creativity and mutual support.

Mothers create

Many of our activities grow directly from the ideas, talents and lived experiences of mothers within the community.

Mothers share

Languages, recipes, professional knowledge, cultural traditions, everyday experience and mutual support are exchanged naturally.

Mothers lead

Workshops and activities are shaped both by professionals and by mothers who bring their own expertise, skills and perspectives.

Mamá Ludi

Ludisis Mones
Founder · President · Executive Director

Cuban dance instructor, NLP Coach, certified yoga teacher and counsellor in training under supervision. Her work brings together movement, psychosocial support and community building, with a special focus on motherhood, migration, mental wellbeing, identity and women’s empowerment.

Greta Herdemerten

Vice President

Integration contact and point of support for single mothers. She promotes participation, connection and solidarity between women from different backgrounds.

Doysi Henríquez Gutiérrez

Treasurer · Finance

Responsible for the association’s financial structure, transparency and responsible use of resources. With a background in communication sciences and early childhood education, she enjoys connecting people and helping ideas become reality.

Maria Daniel Carrasco

Secretary

Supports the association’s organisational and administrative structure and contributes to the professional development of internal processes.

Elena

German for Everyday Motherhood
· Intercultural Communication

With a multicultural background and seven languages, Elena brings international experience from several countries. A former Fulbright FLTA fellow and graduate in transcultural communication, she leads practical and intercultural language-learning formats for mothers.

Zulma Zecenarro Rojas de Sandig

Psychosocial Counsellor in Training
under Supervision

Supports mothers through the psychosocial counselling programme and helps create a protected space for emotional support, orientation and everyday stability.

Prof. Dr. Barbara Kastlunger

Psychological Supervisor
· Scientific Advisor

Professor of Business Psychology and Vice President for Research at DBU. She supports the team through scientific expertise and professional supervision.

Community begins with belonging.

Our work is not based on an idea of what a “perfect mother” should look like. It begins with what real women in different life situations actually need.

Connection Relationships and community help reduce isolation and create the foundation for mutual support.

Inclusion Language, origin, family structure or financial circumstances should never determine whether a mother belongs.

Participation Mothers contribute ideas, share knowledge, shape activities and become active members of the community.

Empowerment We see mothers as women with abilities, experiences, ambitions and opportunities to grow.

The village grows when people build it together.

Whether you are a mother, professional, community partner or European organisation, we welcome people who believe in connection, dignity and meaningful community.