There's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going to have a democratic society and a society that is just and that respects all of the members of this society regardless of who they are, what color they may be, what sexual orientation that they have or what gender, you know, they happen to be.

We just have to convince other people that they have power. This is what they can do by participating to make change, not only in their community, but many times changing in their own lives. Once they participate, they get their sense of power.

Leadership is a choice one makes.

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.

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.

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

Exercise your right to vote.