Storybank Development & Narrative Infrastructure

For Community-Centered Programs

Confianza Collective partners with organizations and teams doing meaningful, community-centered work who need clearer systems for documenting and communicating their impact.

Our consulting work centers on storybank development and narrative infrastructure that helps teams turn lived experience, qualitative data, and program knowledge into usable narrative assets for funding, reporting, and public communication.

  • Through a structured, multi-month process, we help organizations:

    • Gather stories from staff, participants, and partners

    • Build a storybank with searchable, funder-ready narrative excerpts

    • Preserve institutional knowledge and reduce storytelling burden across teams

    • Align storytelling practices with ethical, culturally sustaining, and trauma-informed principles

    Typical engagement length: 3–6 months

  • Ethical storytelling, community-engaged communication, and storybank use for staff and leadership teams. Training available in Spanish for promotores de salud or related community-facing staff.

  • We support community organization projects that have funding through the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment. AHW-funded projects are eligible for up to 20 hours of TAP services each project year at no additional cost to the project budget. If you are interested in working together, reach out or email your project’s grant management contact.

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Testimonials

  • “We had a great experience working with Rachel. She was hired to document the history of our organization. In a compassionate and dedicated way, she collected a lot of meaningful information that was beautifully compiled into our history document. Rachel went above and beyond to make sure we had all the important voices at the table. She was respectful and professional. Her abilities of speaking Spanish and being a good listener were crucial for the completion of the project since the majority of the interviewed stakeholders would not be able to express themselves fully if the interviews were not conducted in Spanish.”

    -Ana Paula Soares, Clinical Director, Escucha tus Emociones

  • “We were so fortunate to work with Rachel to develop some personal stories from our supporters and patients to be shared at our annual development events. …She was so wonderful to work with and took such great care to help us meet our mission and vision.”

    — Krystal McCain

    Donor Engagement and Events Manager, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin

  • “I had the pleasure of working with Rachel on a storytelling project for a major event. Rachel was exceptional throughout the entire process. …She was incredibly supportive and thorough, creating a safe and comfortable space for us to share and grow. Rachel has a clear vision and an incredible ability to help you bring your story to life while remaining authentic.”

    — Erin Noon