I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.

Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.