My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

Honor the hands that harvest your crops.

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

A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.