WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO JOHN, THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

WE'RE JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM THIS ELECTION.

SEASON'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

A NEW BOOK LOOKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE.

WE MEET THE AUTHOR AND HEAR HER STORY.

AND A PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT UNCOVERS THE HISTORY OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IN MEXICO.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

TAXES APPEAR TO BE SOARING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN COOK COUNTY, SOUTH IN SOUTHWEST SUBURBS, PROPERTY TAX BILLS INCREASE BY NEARLY 20% THIS YEAR, THE LARGEST RISE IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM COOK COUNTY TREASURER'S MARIA PAPPAS OFFICE.

THE ANALYSIS FOUND RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF COOK COUNTY ALREADY HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX RATES WITH THE MEDIAN PROPERTY TAX BILL AVERAGING $6,000.

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE 2023 PROPERTY TAX BILLS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING JULY 2ND AND MUST BE PAID BY AUGUST.

1ST.

IT'S TIME FOR RAINBOW COLORS IN A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS AS CHICAGO GEARS UP FOR THE 53RD ANNUAL CHICAGO PRIDE PARADE.

THE PARADE IS A CELEBRATION OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS IN THE 1970'S IN NEW YORK CITY.

A TIME WHEN LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FACE DISCRIMINATION.

CHICAGO IS KNOWN FOR HOSTING ONE OF THE LARGEST PARADES, ATTRACTING THOUSANDS TO THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS YEAR.

THE PARADE WILL START ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL AT 11:00AM.

IT WILL BEGIN A NEW LOCATION ALONG SHERIDAN ROAD IN BROADWAY.

THE PARADE MARKS THE END OF JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH.

AND BROOKFIELD ZOO IS LOOKING FOR HELP.

NAME ME.

ONE ADORABLE FEMALE MEXICAN WOLF PUP THE PUP WAS BORN AT THE ZOO IN APRIL AND VISITORS CAN WATCH ARE ENJOYING PLAYTIME WITH HER MOTHER AND SIBLINGS.

OUTCUE DO THEY LOOK VOTING STARTS TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JULY 2ND ON THEIR WEBSITE.

SOME OF THE NAMES FOR POST SO FAR SPENT ON SITE.

KELLY IN SIERRA, I THINK WE ALSO MAKES A GOOD NAME FOR A LITTLE PUP YOU THINK?

WELL, UP NEXT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AT TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

WE HAVE A PREVIEW RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE SET TO GO MANO A MANO TONIGHT IN ATLANTA FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF THE 2024 ELECTION.

THE DEBATE WILL AIR LIVE ON CNN AT 08:00PM CHICAGO TIME.

IT WILL FEATURE NEW RULES THAT INCLUDE NO OPENING STATEMENTS.

THE MUTING OF CANDIDATES MICROPHONES WHEN THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING.

NO STUDIO AUDIENCE KNOW INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CANDIDATES AND THEIR CAMPAIGN STAFF, INCLUDING DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS AND NO PRE-WRITTEN NOTES.

NOW.

JOINING US NOW TO BREAK DOWN THE PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY'S DEBATE DEBATE ARE HALL SAYS SANCHEZ, COMMUNICATIONS AND POLITICAL CONSULTANT AND FORMER DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER'S OFFICE AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM IS THAT OUTLOOK ABOUT THAT, A HISTORY PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

HE'S ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, THE HISPANIC REPUBLICAN IN A WRITER FOR THE NEW YORKER.

THANK ALL FOR JOINING US NOW.

LET'S START WITH THIS YEAR'S NEW DEBATE RULES.

JOSE, IN THE PAST FEW DEBATES HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY HEATED AS WE ALL KNOW WITH SOME OBVIOUS IS RESEMBLING SAND.

THERE BLING SPORTING EVENTS.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE LACK OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE WILL AFFECT BOTH CANDIDATES?

WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME I THINK THE LACK OF AUDIENCE IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE MAKE THE CANDIDATES FOCUS ON THEIR MESSAGING.

THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE HAS REALLY CHANGED OVER THE 4 YEARS.

I THINK WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO FOCUS ON IS REALLY GET THAT 15, THE 30ND CLIP THAT'S GOING TO GO ON TIKTOK INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER.

MOST PEOPLE WATCH THE DEBATE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS ACROSS THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO INTERESTING.

SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A BIG PART, RIGHT?

WE WENT TO THOSE CLIPS.

WEISEL THINK OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK EVERYDAY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET HOME THE TUNING IN NOW.

BUT I THINK WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT, THEY'RE GONNA FAR THEY'RE GOING TO FIND TRENDING ACROSS ACROSS WEB SITES.

AND NOW YOU HAVE INFLUENCE IS THAT WE ACT AS WELL.

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO THE FUNDING.

AND I DO WANT TO GO TO WHAT ABOUT MUTED MICROPHONES?

DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE AN ADVANTAGE TO EITHER CANDIDATE?

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

I THINK IT WILL CERTAINLY ADVANTAGE OR ITS INTENDED TO JOE BIDEN FOR CERN MEAN HE'S THE CANDIDATE WHO REQUESTED THE MUTED MICROPHONES AND IT KIND OF TAKES DONALD TRUMP OUT OF IS MORE COMFORTABLE RALLY ATMOSPHERE WHERE HE'S KIND OF FIGHTING WITH THE CROWD AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME DOING THAT IN.

HE TENDS TO GO ON AND ON AND ON AS WELL.

I MEAN, HIS CAMPAIGN SPEECHES ARE LIKE HIS RALLIES MAYBE LIKE HOUR AND A HALF ON TWITTER, UNINTERRUPTED SPEAKING SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR HIM TO KIND OF CONTAIN HIMSELF WITHIN 2 MINUTES.

AND I THINK THE MUTED MICROPHONES WILL ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING?

TO SEE WHAT THEIR DYNAMICS ARE.

AND WITH NO AUDIENCE, BECAUSE AS I JUST EXPLAINED, SOME PEOPLE DESCRIBE IT AS A SPORTING EVENT.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE, I THINK BY DESIGN AND MUCH MORE KIND OF MUTED FORMAT FOR THEM NOT JUST LITERALLY IN THE MUTING OF OF THE MICROPHONE, BUT A MUCH MORE STAID ATMOSPHERE WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE.

AGAIN, YOU CAN'T LIKE MINE WITH THE AUDIENCE THERE EITHER.

SO I THINK IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO SEE.

I MEAN, I SUPPOSE THAT THE KIND OF HEAVY CONTROL WITH THE NETWORK IS PUTTING ON IT BY THE REQUEST OF THE CANDIDATES COULD MAKE IT A LITTLE EXCITING OR OR BORING EVEN.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IN TERMS OF GIVING VOTERS WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR TO BEGIN TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE 2 CANDIDATES, IT'S PROBABLY THE THE BEST THING I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING, YOU KNOW, BOTH TRUMP AND BIDEN SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY ABOUT EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS TO FINALLY SEE THEM SIDE BY SIDE HEARING THEIR MESSAGES.

AND THOSE THAT YOU WORKED ON SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER AND CITY YOU HOW IMPORTANT OUR DEBATE AND DETERMINING THE OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS, WHICH WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT DEBATES AREN'T NECESSARILY THE THING THAT MAKES OR BREAKS WHETHER A PERSON IS GOING TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE.

BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF TELLING A STORY, I THINK FOR TRUMP WHAT HE REALLY WANTS TO FOCUS AND IS ATTRACTING THOSE VOTERS THAT THINK THAT MIGHT THAT MAYBE HE'S A LITTLE TOO EXTREMIST.

BUT I THINK THE ADVANTAGE GOES TO JOE BIDEN IN THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXPECTING MUCH SO AS LONG AS HE SHOWS UP ENERGETIC REALLY DELIVERS ON A MESSAGE ON WHY HE DESERVES ANOTHER 4 YEARS.

I THINK YOU'RE REALLY STAND OUT AS THE WINNER OF THAT DEBATE.

YOU KNOW THE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BIDEN AND TRUMP NEED TO DO TODAY TO WIN TODAY'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

WELL, I THINK I GO BACK AND FORTH ON QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT OR INSIGNIFICANT.

ON THE ONE HAND, I THINK EACH CANDIDATE HAS HIS SUPPORTERS AND AS WE KNOW, KIND OF PARTISANSHIP LOYALTY TO A PARTY INTO A CANDIDATE IS HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES.

SO YOU KNOW THAT BOTH HAVE THEIR BASES AT THIS POINT.

IT'S AS MUCH ABOUT KIND OF ENERGIZING THEIR BASE IS AS CONVINCING BE, YOU KNOW, PERSUADABLE VOTERS WHO ARE OUT THERE.

SO I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, THOUGH, ON THE OTHER IN ONE SENSE, IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE MUCH BECAUSE BOTH SIDES ALREADY HAVE THEIR SUPPORTERS.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.

IT PROBABLY SINCE THE LAST DEBATE WHERE WE'VE SEEN 2 MEN SIDE BY SIDE AND IN THE INTERIM WE'VE YOU KNOW, INSURRECTIONS.

WE'VE HAD TRIALS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

WE'VE HAD ALL OF THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING JOE BIDEN'S AGE AND BE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHERE HE KIND OF SHOWED SOME OF HIS VIM AND VIGOR.

AND SO I THINK THAT BOTH CANDIDATES NEED TO STAND THERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HELP VOTERS MAKE THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THEM.

AND I THINK THAT CAN HAPPEN ON IMMIGRATION.

IT CAN HAPPEN ON THE CLIMATE.

THEY CAN HAPPEN ON APPROACHES TO THE ECONOMY.

I THINK JOE BIDEN CAN ALSO RELY ON HIS STATUS AS THE INCUMBENT TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS HE'S ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT SIDE BY SIDE TALKING TO THE VOTERS THIS TIME AND YOU MENTIONED AGE, JOSE, LET'S TALK ABOUT AGE.

DOES AGE MATTER?

I THINK AGE MATTERS YOU KNOW.

PEOPLE LEADER, THAT'S ENERGETIC.

THAT'S READY TO COME OUT AGGRESSIVELY AND FIGHT FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK ABOUT WHY A LOT OF LATINOS, DESPITE TRUMP SAYING THEY NASTY THINGS.

HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH WAS SAYING NASTY THINGS ABOUT MEXICANS.

WHY SAID THAT SOME OF THE NOSE AND GRAVITATED TOWARDS HIM AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO MAKE VERY TOUGH DECISIONS.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE LATE ON THEIR CAR NOTE?

ARE THEY GOING TO GET GROCERIES FOR A WEEK TO MAKE RENT?

AND I THINK WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS A LEADER THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE RELIEF WHILE GOING THROUGH THIS VERY TOUGH PERIOD.

HE DOESN'T MENTION IMMIGRATION.

AND JOSE, YOU ARE A DHAKA RECIPIENT ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU THINK THAT THE CANDIDATES CAN DO TO ADDRESS IMMIGRATION DURING THE DEBATE, DO YOU EXPECT AN EMPHASIS ON THE WORKING VOTE?

I SURE HOPE SO.

YOU KNOW, AS A DHAKA RECIPIENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL ALWAYS COME AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ON IS TAKING SUCH AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO PROTECT AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN WORK CONTRIBUTE.

I HAVE A CAREER BECAUSE OF DHAKA AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FROM BOTH CANDIDATES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK TRUMP HAS A GOOD JOB OF ELICITING FEAR AND TRYING TO USE THAT AS A WAY TO RALLY HIS BASE OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, WE SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKE SOME ACTION.

BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM VOTERS, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OTHER STRATEGIST IS THAT MORE IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, NOT JUST FOR REFUGEES AND RECENT MIGRANTS, BUT FOR THE MIGRANTS THAT WINDS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS AND TALKING ABOUT THE LATINO VOTE.

WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO LATINO VOTERS?

IT'S ALWAYS THE CALM.

I MEAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, SECOND, THAT SUCH A BROAD TERM.

BUT I THINK WHAT MOST LETTING THOSE MEAN BY THAT IS HOW THEY FEEL THEMSELVES TO BE DOING TO THE HOUSE ON STU.

THEY THINK THEY EARN A GOOD WAGE.

DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY RENT FOR THEIR MORTGAGE FOR THEIR FOOD, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR LATINOS TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY ENCOMPASSES A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT ARE ALL IMPORTANT, NOT THIS YEAR, I THINK IMMIGRATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT BEEN A LOT OF INTERESTING POLLS LATELY SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION IS TO LET HE KNOWS AND IT COMES IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR SURE ONE, YOU KNOW, STABILITY IN A CALM WAY TO CITIZENSHIP, ESPECIALLY FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OR THE SPOUSES OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OUT OF THIS.

THE UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS TO HAVE THEIR STATUS, REGULAR BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT SHIFTING AS THEY DO ALSO MONTH, BORDER SECURITY, BIG THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BORDER WALL ARE STILL REALLY UNPOPULAR AMONG LATINOS, BUT THEY DO ONE.

I KIND OF FAIR AND ORDERED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE OUT OF CONTROL.

SO I THINK THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION THIS YEAR ARE 2 REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES.

I THINK HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HIM WITH HEALTH CARE THING.

BIDEN ACTUALLY HAS SOMETHING TO REALLY RUN ON THERE WHERE THE UNINSURED RATE AMONG LATINOS HAS DROPPED BY HALF DURING PRESIDENCY.

SO I THINK BIDEN NEEDS TO DO IS KIND OF RUN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS AN INCUMBENT AND TOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST 4 YEARS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MANY LATINOS KNOW ABOUT THEM.

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN SURVEYS IS THAT LET YOU KNOW WHEN ASKED CAN YOU NAME SOMETHING THAT JOE BIDEN HAS DONE FOR YOU OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS?

70 OR 80% SAY THEY CAN'T NAME ANYTHING.

AND SO I THINK THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS GOING HAVE TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SCENE?

I AGREE 100% AND, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WORLD, I THINK INCUMBENTS ARE FACING A TOUGH TIME.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE 2 GREAT EXAMPLES, BOTH IN MEXICO AND THEN HERE AT HOME, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR HAS GREAT APPROVAL RATING BECAUSE HE'S DELIVERED FOR PEOPLE.

AND WE SAW THE SAME THING WHEN HIS POWER AND HIS PARTY PEOPLE TURN OUT OVERWHELMINGLY FOR BECAUSE HE INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE BECAUSE HE DELIVER FOR FOLKS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE THAT CAN DELIVER AND OFFER A VISION OF WHAT THE NEXT 4 YEARS AGO LOOK LIKE.

AND WHAT ABOUT VOTERS WERE UNDECIDED?

WE KNOW THAT ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR TONIGHT'S DEBATE.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO TRUMP AND BIDEN NOT TO THOSE VOTES TO THE INDEPENDENT PARTY?

I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT KEEPS GOING BACK WHAT I'M SAYING.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHAT THEY ARE FEELING IS THEY THEIR BUDGET COME UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.

THEY HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

THE LOOK AT THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY SAY IS THIS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FACE?

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE MY AGE THAT HAVE GIVEN UP ON EVER OWNING A HOME ON EVER STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS.

SO FOR A CANDIDATE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SAY, NO, THIS IS NOT THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

AND I THINK THE ADVANTAGE GOES TO JOE BIDEN AGAIN, BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT HE'S DONE.

YOU HE'S INVESTED AM SORRY HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR EMPLOYER.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LATINO VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

LONG BEFORE THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PAST 6 OR THE MIAS, THERE WAS MIX FOR PEOPLE ONCE LIVED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BORDER OF MEXICO.

WHAT IS NOW THAT I COULD USE IN A CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CIVILIZATIONS AS AMERICA.

NOW A SYMBOL OF THEIR LEGACY.

MIKE HEAD IS AT THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ART PROJECT ON DISPLAY ACROSS THE CHICAGOLAND AREA.

SEAL MAKE PART OF PERSONALIZATION A MOTHER WOULD DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT THE PUBLIC AND THEY FIND OUT THAT CIVILIZATION IS KIND OF WHAT INSPIRED A LOT THE AZTECS MAYANS.

YOU KNOW, THE THING AROUND AFTER THEY STARTED MOVING MIGRATING FROM THE AREAS THAT THEY DID.

AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE WERE FAR TO FIND OUT ABOUT ABOUT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GIGANTIC STONE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BROTHERS TO KORVER, YOU THEY GAVE US A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WE START NOW TO LOOK AT 2 OF SAFETY THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST VERY COMMON DAY FOR US.

SO THAT'S PRETTY FOR MEANS QUITE A BIT.

YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I WAS MADE LOOK BACK IN 2, YOU KNOW, A CHIP CULTURE.

SO MAKE IT GO INTO MY CULTURED GROWING UP IN MEXICO AND KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT IT.

YOU SOME OF THE STORIES THAT I MY BESIDE ON MAKE TRAILS, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT THE, YOU KNOW, SITE, COOL.

SO IF YOU LIVE WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY PAINTED DRIPS, YOU KNOW, THE PAIN FLOWS.

SO TO ME, THAT'S ASPECT OF RAIN A GRAY NISSAN ASPECT IN THIS CYCLE OF THE YEAR, THE DRYDEN OR THE AGE OF CULTURES AND THAT THAT CYCLES, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WOULD RULES AND THEY YOU KNOW, ALL ABOUT THE CYPRUS OF THE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, CYCLISTS OF THE MORNING OF THE STARS, 30 THOSE THINGS.

AND THAT FOR ME AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY WHAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL LINE THAT YOU CAN FILE OR AROUND THE HEAD WHICH STARTS IN THE BACK THE HEAD IN THE OF MEXICO PARTICULARLY IN REGION WHERE THEY ON KIDS WHAT AND HE DID ENDS AT THE TOP OF THE HIT IN FRONT, AREA WHERE THE FORT PITT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HEAD OF THE ON MAKE HEAD.

SO THAT SHOW BEGINS IN THE PAST.

AND IT IS WITH DEPRESSING.

ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PARTY THAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME WAS ALSO MISS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE ARTIST WHO WOULD INVITED TO GOAL AND WARWICK ON SITE WITH ALL THEIR ARTERIES.

AND YOU KNOW THAT AND REACH ME AN ARTIST, YOU KNOW, IT'S I WORKED ON MY PEAS, MEANING COMMUNITY OF OTHERS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE BREAK.

I FEEL IS THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WHAT DID YOU KNOW, SOME IN MEXICO, SOME HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

AND THAT WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'D REALLY FASCINATING AND IT CAN EXCITING THING FOR SIDE.

YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE MAKING.

THAT IT'S A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THE CULTURE, THE ARTS AND EVEN WHERE IT'S PLACE.

YOU IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT SOMEBODY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GET A TRAVEL BY THERE FOR A LONG TIME IN THEIR LIFE OR MAYBE THEIR NEW PLACE.

AND JUST THOUGHT, YOU BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO WE TRY TO FIND THESE LITTLE WINDOWS AND FIND WAYS TO KIND CONNECT AGAIN TODAY.

WE WANT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT MAKING CUTS.

EXHIBITION WILL KICK OFF THIS SUNDAY WITH THE FAMILY FIESTA AT THE LAKESIDE PAVILION IN GLEN ALLEN.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

FOR MANY OF US, THE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR IDENTITY CAN BE COMPLEX IN OUR NEXT GUEST IS NO EXCEPTION.

SHE'S NOW DEDICATED HER LIFE TO TEACHING BREAKING DOWN EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES AND EMPOWERING STUDENTS.

SHE SHARES ALL THIS AND MORE IN HER NEW BOOK RABBIT ON THE MOON, EMBRACING IT, EMBRACING MY MEXICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY.

AND JOINING US NOW IS AUTHOR ELIZABETH, THAT IS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU HAVE YOU HERE.

NOW, I WANT TO START.

YOU'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU BECAME A TEACHER BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT OTHER STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT SCHOOL LIFE WAS LIKE?

ENTRY YEARS WERE NOT VERY HAPPY YEARS.

I STARTED WANTING TO REALLY BE LIKE TEACHERS PAP AND SHINE.

AND AS THE YEARS IT WAS MORE OF MY SPIRIT BEING TEACHERS LOOKING AT ME IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I WAS MEXICAN IN AN ALL-WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL-WHITE SCHOOL.

AND BY THE TIME YOU GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BY THAT POINT, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS SUBTRACTED SCHOOLING HAPPENING TO ME.

I DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND FELT LIKE I DIDN'T FIT ANYWHERE IN SCHOOL AND CURRICULUM AND ANY THINK LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU GREW UP A NEW GROUP WITH 3 SIBLINGS AND YOU GROUP IN MARQUETTE PARK.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT TIME GROWING UP.

I DESCRIBE THE BOOK.

IT'S IT'S THE SAME PLACE WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.

I'M ACTUALLY WENT OVER THERE DURING WINDOW WAS A MARCH OF KKK AND HE GOT HIT WITH A ROCK AND FELL TO ONE KNEE.

SAID YOU HAVE TO COME TO CHICAGO TO REALLY UNDERSTAND RACISM AND HATRED.

AND SO WE CAME IN, MOVED IN AROUND 1974.

WENT TO SCHOOL DURING THAT TIME, MY SISTERS ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THERE SPEAKING SPANISH.

I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY BECAUSE OF AN ACCENT AND BEING BULLIED BECAUSE OF THAT SHAMED BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND SO PARENTS SENT US TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL THINKING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE SAVING GRACE FOR AND IT WAS NOT ANYTHING.

AND YOU COULD ONLY WE COULD ONLY TAYLOR BEING MEXICAN AGAIN BEHIND OR A MEXICAN WOULD YOU SAY THAT IMPACTED YOUR IDENTITY HOUSE THAT LIKE IT ACTUALLY IDENTITY BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO FIT INTO WHITE SOCIETY.

AND YOU WANT UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHY DON'T I FIT IN AS A YOUNG GIRL?

I WAS I WAS THINKING LIKE, WHY DON'T HAVE ONE I DON'T HAVE BLUE EYES.

I WANT TO I WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE ONES IN THE PICTURES, MUCH ASSEMBLY.

I WANTED TO ASSIMILATE.

I WANTED TO BE WHAT THEY FELT AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, AMERICAN PER SE AND I WAS CONFUSED.

AND THEN AGAIN, YOU COME HOME.

YOU'RE LIKE, WELL.

NEXT, AGAIN AND DARK SKINNED.

I CAN'T HIDE THE SHOW IN.

YOU SEE ME IN RIGHT AWAY TO DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, 100%.

AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK.

WHAT WAS THE PASSION BEHIND WRITING IT?

SO I WANTED REALLY PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE JOURNEY OF BELONGING BELONGING HAS CORE VALUE OF MINE AND ANY TIME IN TEACHING YOU CAN'T.

MOST AUTHENTIC, TRUE SELF UNLESS YOU BELONG AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG.

AND THAT'S WHERE SCHOOLING COMES LIKE YOU REALLY WANT TO SHOW CARING, NURTURING, UNDERSTANDING.

CHILDREN WANT TO BE VALUED SCENE AND THEN THEY CAN SUCCEED.

AND SO THIS IS THE RABBIT ON THE MOON.

WE CALL CALLED A GRAB.

BECAUSE BACK IN 1995, I HAD SOME WONDERFUL STUDENTS.

THEY CAME FROM MEXICO ONLY SPOKE SPANISH AND THEY TAUGHT ME OF FOLKS STORY, WHICH IS THIS BOOK THAT YOU BROUGHT?

THIS IS THE SPOKEN.

IT'S CALLED VITAL REVENUE COYOTE.

IT'S JUST ABOUT A SINISTER RABBIT THAT TEASES THE COYOTE AND IT THE RADICALS ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON.

SHOW YOU A QUICK PICTURE OF THAT.

THERE.

AND THAT IS WHY DEFENSE IS THE MOON HAPPENED.

AND ACCORDING TO MY STUDENTS, THAT'S HOW THEY LEARN THE PHASES OF THE AND BACK THEN I WAS THINKING THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TEACH SCIENCE STORYTELLING IS NOT THE SCIENTISTS ABOUT CONCEPTS AND IDEAS AND THEY TAUGHT ME THAT STORYTELLING REALLY IS ABOUT BRIDGES, WHO WAS VERY INTENTIONAL.

IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL.

AND YOU HAVE CHAPTERS IN YOUR BOOK NAMED PAUSING TO REFLECT AND CHALLENGES AND DECISIONS AND LETTING GO OF BURDENS, EMBRACING THE TRANSFORMATION.

PEOPLE WHO READ THE BOOK.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO FEEL WHILE THEY'RE READING THOSE CHAPTERS?

I REALLY WANT THEM TO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE WANT ACCEPTANCE.

THAT BEING DIFFERENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED AGAIN GOING BACK TO BELONGING, NURTURING AND OVERALL THAT WE'RE ONLY HUMAN.

AND SO WE'RE UNFINISHED.

I'M WEARING PROGRESS.

AND SO JUST REALLY BEING COMPASSIONATE AND EMPATHETIC TO ONE ANOTHER.

YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 13 YEARS, BUT YOU HAVE A LONG BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS HELPED TO GUIDE STUDENTS?

MY EXPERIENCE OVERALL IS THAT I LEARNED A LOT FROM MY MY CHILDREN, MY STUDENTS.

I THEY'RE NOT AND CAN WE'LL AND SO ALLOWING THAT TO BE OPEN SOME PICTURES OF I LOVE AND THAT YOU DANCING THAT WE DID TONIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE BEARSUN.

BUT YEAH, HAVE A WIG AND A LOADED, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S REALLY THAT MIGHT MY CHILDREN REALLY MADE ME UNDERSTAND, TEACHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M PROVIDING THE TEACHING AND THEY'RE LEARNING I GETTING SOMETHING HOME JUST SAY MAKES A GOOD TEACHER.

TEACHER DID UNDERSTANDS THE WHOLE CHILD, A TEACHER UNDERSTANDS THAT EVERYONE COMES FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND REALLY BRINGS TO THE LESSON THAT THEY HAVE STORIES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

THE CAN REALLY BRIDGE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TEACH AS WELL.

CHILDREN COME IN WITH SO MUCH ALREADY.

I MEAN, THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET ALREADY.

THEY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GENERATIVE AI THAT ARE GETTING ALL THIS STUFF IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND AND EVENTUALLY TO THAT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE THAT WE WANT THEM TO GET AND I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.

YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOUR SIBLINGS WERE GOING THROUGH SUCH A HARD TIME IN SCHOOL.

YOU MENTION YOUR DAD JUST READ YOUR BOOK AND GOT TO HEAR AND READ SOME OF YOUR EXPERIENCES.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY STOOD UP TO HIM THE MOST?

WELL, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO TALK TO HIM.

HE DID SAY TO ME THAT HE WAS READING THE BOOK AND HE WAS LIKE THE BOOK MY FATHER CAN PRETTY QUIET ABOUT THIS KIND OF SO MANY LATINO AND KIND OF HOLDING ONTO FEELINGS OR SOMETIMES EVEN REPRESSING IT BUT DEFINITELY, I MEAN, MY SIBLINGS AND I WE KNEW SCHOOLING WAS OUR JOB.

AND WE DIDN'T REALLY THERE ARE PARENTS ABOUT IT WAS A CULTURAL THING.

WE DECIDED THAT LIKE WE KNEW TO DIFFICULTIES WERE GOING THROUGH, BUT THEY DON'T PUT SO MUCH MORE.

THE MIGRATION HERE TRYING TO HAVE 3 JOBS RAISING 4 ALTON, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF US AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER THEM WITH THEM.

HOW DO YOU THINK STUDENTS NOW?

WE HAVE 10 MILLION.

WE HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS OF DO THINK STUDENTS NOW ARE IN A DIFFERENT PHASE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE OR ARE ABLE TO REALLY EXPERIENCE THE BELONGING ARE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF IN A DIFFERENT PHASE.

WE HAVE TO KIND OF JUST A MORE QUIET, I THINK IN SOME SCHOOLS, DEFINITELY.

YES.

AND I HAVE SEEN BEING AROUND SO MANY SCHOOLS.

I DO THINK WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ELIZABETH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING THE BOOK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED RABBIT ON THE MOON, EMBRACING MY MEXICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.37, FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE, CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M AND THEY STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE WHEN US NOT SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

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