America Ferrera and husband Ryan Piers Williams welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Lucia Marisol Williams, on May 4th. Lucia joins big brother, Sebastian, who will turn two this month. America announced Lucia’s arrival on her Instagram:
Oh my gosh, you forget how tiny their little baby parts are when you’re a few years out (and they are four inches taller than you). I love both Lucia and Marisol so much, I want to use them both when I speak of baby Lucia. I wonder if they’ll nickname her Lucy? If you clicked through those IG photos, you saw that the other shots are videos of families receiving essential supplies for their babies and toddlers. That’s because America used this announcement as an opportunity to raise funds and awareness for Yes We Can World Foundation, a program for migrant children at the US-Mexico border that ensures families receive essential baby items they may not be able to afford otherwise. Lucia’s arrival announcement read:
🌟LUCIA MARISOL WILLIAMS 🌟arrived on May 4th to give me my Mother’s Day hugs and kisses herself. Mama, Dada & Big Brother are over the moon to welcome her bright light to our family. 💫
Quarantine may have canceled her Baby Shower but it didn’t stop us from collecting and delivering essential supplies to #YesWeCanMobileSchools- spaces for moms and children at the border to learn, play, and stay safe through these hard times. Dear friends, if you’re considering sending Lucia a gift, please donate to @yeswecanwf in her name. Or make a donation today in honor of the Moms you love! Visit www.yeswecan.world for more info.
Thank you @elsamariecollins@evalongoria & @thisisabouthumanityfor organizing the baby shower and donations! And thank you to to all my friends and loved ones who donated gifts to support these beautiful families! Enjoy the video of your gifts reaching families! #WelcomeLucia#FamilyOfFour #MayTheFourth#MothersDay
You can make a donation to the Yes We Can World Foundation here. I love that America did this. She’s focusing on her activism and she uses her celebrity in really productive ways. She not limited to one cause, but makes sure whatever she’s working towards gets the proper amount of attention. We always ask why these celebrities need baby showers for their second kid (I mean, other than baby showers are fun) so what a wonderful way for people to congratulate the Ferrera-Williams family in a way that really matters. Don’t get me wrong, I am not in any way opposed to showers and if you really need help for your new household or your children, they are a fun way for your friends to help you out. But this is a lovely way to celebrate your child’s birth as well.
**SPOILERS FOR SUPERSTORE**
Basically I’m getting sentimental over America as a way to prepare for missing her on Superstore. As we predicted, her character Amy is going to corporate in California and Ben Feldman’s Jonah is going with her. It’s the right choice, their story had kind of played out, but I’ll miss them. I have no idea what America will do next (much like anyone until we see out this virus) but I assume she’ll be focusing more on producing. Ben will pop up somewhere on some popular show, he always does. And I’m sure we’ll get the occasional Superstore cameo, probably via video-conference.
Photo credit: Instagram and WENN/Avalon
It’s nice to hear about a celebrity giving their child a normal pretty name.
Congratulations!
Pretty little hand. Pretty name.
She is wonderful.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to America.
As for superstore Ben isn’t leaving the show- the season finale wasn’t the original season finale they couldn’t shoot it because of COVID
Congratulations! Althoug to be honest, I’ve never cared for the name Marisol. I met a girl once that was named Arenagua Marisol and it literally translates as Sand-water Sea-and-sun but Lucia is a pretty traditional name.
Interesting, do you know what Lucia means?
Hey that’s my name! 😀 congrats to America and her fam.
I love this! My nine year old is also named Lucia and was born on May 4th. However she goes by the Italian pronunciation Lu-chia. And her nicknames are Lou and Chia.
Superstore is one of my favourite shows so it makes me sad. I was hoping Jonah’s character would stay.
Beautiful name!
Aw, congrats to them! Lucia is a beautiful name.
On the show, I don’t think the actor playing Jonah is leaving, and they’ve been laying the ground work for a break up.