When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.

I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very powerful weapon. And that is our vote. This is the way we can get even with all of the politicians who are insulting us and saying terrible things about our community - by voting them out. And get the good ones. Vote them in.

If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy.

When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.

Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.

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.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?