Todo empieza con una idea.

Todo empieza con una idea.

While driving down Anaheim Street in Long Beach, you might pass a hidden gem. It is not an influencer restaurant or a trendy store with bright lights. Rather, it is Guv’nors Boxing Club, an old-school-style gym filled with the passion and determination of its owner, Elizabeth Parr. A Latina from the city of South Gate, California, she explained that her earliest memories of boxing came as a child, with her father being a heavy influence. 

Bright red flowers grow in an open book, watered by three helping hands in a house-like frame. Beneath it reads, “Cultivating Comunidad”, a slogan created by Casita Bookstore’s proud owner.