Honor the hands that harvest your crops.

Every single day we sit down to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at our table we have food that was planted, picked, or harvested by a farm worker. Why is it that the people who do the most sacred work in our nation are the most oppressed, the most exploited?

As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.

Gloria Steinem in the women's movement. Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. There are all of these great wonderful women I've met that are so inspirational.

The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.

I had been a Girl Scout from the time I was 8 to the time I was 18 years old. I had belonged to my church organization and youth groups. But, you never really found a way that you could make a change.

Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.