>>> GOOD EVENING FROM TONIGHT'S LATINO VOICES IN CHICAGO.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT ALTERCATIONS AND ARRESTS AT POLICE STATION MIGRANT SHELTERS WE HEAR FROM VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS.

>> EXPLORING PRIDE AND PRESSURE THAT COMES WITH BEING A FIRST GENERATION LATINO AMERICAN.

RECONNECT WITH YOUR ROOTS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

STEP IN BEFORE THEY STEP OFF AT THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE THIS WEEKEND.

>> THE GENRE OF MEXICAN REGIONAL MUSIC HAS GONE UP BY 40% IN JUNETEENTH THE LAST YEAR.

>> MUSIC .

>> SWEEPING THE STATION.

ALL OF THAT IS COMING UP.

FIRST INCIDENTS AT POLICE STATIONS HOUSING MIGRANTS.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> ABOUT 1600 MIGRANTS ARE LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS ACROSS CHICAGO ACCORDING TO CITY DATA.

IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A TEMPORARY SOLUTION BY MANY OF THOSE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON FLOORS OR IN TENTS OUTSIDE POLICE STATIONS FOR MONTHS.

IN THE LAST WEEK, ALTERCATIONS BETWEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND POLICE HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN ARREST OF MIGRANTS.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE THREE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE POLICE STATION'S RESPONSE TEAM.

WE ALSO INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO JOIN US FOR THE DISCUSSION BUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

WE REACHED TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH DECLINED OUR INVITATION.

I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

LADIES, FIRST.

YOU ACTUALLY HELPED ORGANIZE THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AROUND A NUMBER OF STATIONS IN THE CITY.

DO THE CONDITIONS VARY STATION FROM STATION?

>> THEY DO.

THE CONDITIONS ACTUALLY HAVE WORSENED FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY JOURNEY BACK IN APRIL.

BUT THERE ARE STATIONS WHERE WE HAVE COLLABORATION FROM POLICE OFFICERS AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE STATIONS WHERE WE HAVE VARIED OR NO COOPERATION WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY.

>> CATHERINE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN THERE TOO.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MIGRANTS ON HOW THEY'RE BEING TREATED BY THE POLICE IN THE STATION?

>> WE ARE ASKING FOR VERY BASIC THINGS.

WHAT I HEAR WHEN I TALK TO MIGRANTS AT DIFFERENT STATIONS IS JUST TO BE TREATED LIKE PEOPLE.

UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I HEAR A LOT IS THEY'RE TREATING US LIKE ANIMALS.

IT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION TO BE IN.

>> WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

>> IN TERMS OF EVEN JUST VERBAL COMMUNICATION OR LACK THEREOF OF COMMUNICATION, RESTRICTING ACCESS TO BATHROOMS OR LOBBIES WHICH ARE PUBLIC AREAS.

THEY'RE OFTEN USED AS COOLING AND WARM ARE TEMPERATURES DURING EXTREME TEMPERATURES.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BASIC THINGS, HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.

>> ONE OF THE BASIC THINGS IS FOOD OBVIOUSLY.

SOME OF THE MIGRANTS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH FOOD THEY'VE RECEIVED.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD?

>> OUR NEW ARRIVALS HAVE TOLD US A LOT OF THINGS WHILE STAYING AT THE POLICE STATIONS.

I THINK NEIGHBORS HAVE STEPPED UP A LOT WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO HELP FEED NEW ARRIVALS.

BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF SPACE FOR THE CITY TO JOIN IN AND COLLABORATE ON THE EFFORTS.

>> EDDIE, YOU SAID YOU LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ISSUE SORT OF A BILL OF RIGHTS, RIGHT FOR MIGRANTS LIVING IN POLICE DISTRICTS.

WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION?

>> WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME RULE SET UP WHERE MIGRANTS KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS WILL BE AT POLICE STATIONS, WHAT TO EXPECT AT POLICE STATIONS FROM THE CITY, WHAT SERVICES WILL BE RECEIVING.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE POLICE OFFICERS COLLABORATING WITH VOLUNTEERS AND THE CITY TO KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM WHILE OUR FAMILIES ARE SLEEPING AT A POLICE STATION.

SO PART OF OUR ASK HAS BEEN THE SAME, HAS NEVER CHANGED.

WE WANT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, WANT ACCESS TO BETTER HOUSING.

WE WANT THREE MEALS A DAY WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SHOWERS AND RUNNING WATER.

>> BASIC NECESSITIES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST WEEKS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND, RIGHT.

WE SAW MIGRANTS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS LAST WEEK IN DISTRICTS 8 AND 12.

WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE TENSIONS AT THE STATIONS HAVE GOTTEN THIS BAD?

>> NOT AT ALL.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VULNERABLE POPULATION.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A PRIVATE SPACE, A SPACE TO CALL THEIR OWN, WHERE THEY DECIDE WHAT THEIR LIVING SITUATION IS LIKE.

WE TALK ABOUT A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF THESE INTERACTIONS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DEPARTMENT UNDER A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE FOR THE WAY THEY TREAT.

IT'S NOT SURPRISING OUR NEW NEIGHBORS ARE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME TREATMENT AND ATTITUDES THAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO IN CHICAGO FOR A LONG TIME.

>> AND HELP HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF GIVING THEM A LITTLE FOOD LIKE WE SAID, SOME CLOTHING AS WELL.

VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT.

DIEGO OBVIOUSLY THE CITY HAS BEEN LEANING HEAVILY ON WORK LIKE THE ONES YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING.

HOW ARE YOU AND FELLOW VOLUNTEERS FEELING AFTER ALL THE MONTHS?

>> WE HAVE BEEN FEELING A LOT OF EMOTIONS TO BE HONEST.

I STILL THINK THOUGH THAT THE CITY PROMISED US CREATIVE SOLUTIONS WHEN WE HAD A NEW MAYOR TRANSITION INTO THE OFFICE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PLANS THAT NEED TO BE LONGTERM AND NOT SHORT TERM.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE NEARLY 2,000 MIGRANTS STAYING AT POLICE STATION FLOORS, SLEEP, EAT ON POLICE STATION FLOORS.

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE CITY AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS ON THE PROBLEMS MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING.

THE TENT CITIES PROPOSED ARE NOT REALLY A SOLUTION WE THINK IS SUSTAINABLE FOR NEW NEIGHBORS.

>> YOU BEAT ME TO THE QUESTION.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL ABOUT THE TENT CITY.

WHY DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THE MIGRANTS?

>> AGAIN, IT IS A VERY LOW BARRIER TO THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO TREAT FAMILIES.

I WAS IN A MEETING YESTERDAY WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THEY WANT FAMILIES IN THE TENT CITIES BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR WEEKS.

BASED ON THE HISTORY, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE FAMILIES AT POLICE STATIONS FOR OVER THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.

SO WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON SOME OF THE HOUSING NEEDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.

IN THAT SAME MEETING I WAS IN YESTERDAY THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET AND BEING ABLE TO RENT AN APARTMENT.

THE REALITY IS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CREDIT, DON'T HAVE JOBS.

THE ONES THAT DO HAVE JOBS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ARE WORKING UNDER THE TABLE.

THEN THEY CAN'T PROVE INCOME.

SO THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON THEIR FEET.

IF WE WANT REALLY THE CITY FOR OUR MIGRANT FAMILIES TO TAKE ON THE ROLE, THEN WE NEED TO SET A PLAN AND DO A SUSTAINABLE LONGTERM PLAN.

ONE OF THEM IS PROCESSING WORK PERMITS A LOT FASTER AND QUICKER.

FAMILIES ARE EAGER AND READY TO WORK.

HOW DO WE DO THAT COLLECTIVELY NOT ONLY WITH OUR CITY BUT WITH OUR STATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WORK PERMITS THAT ARE SO NEEDED SO FAMILIES CAN GET ON THEIR FEET AND FIND PROPER HOUSING.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THE TENTS THAT MAYOR JOHNSON IS PROPOSING?

>> I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES IN THE CITY THAT ARE VACANT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT.

WE ARE TALK BEING VIA CAN'T BUILDINGS, VACANT LOTS.

EVEN LOTS OWNED BY THE CITY ALREADY.

I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.

THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT STARTED A YEAR AGO.

THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T START WITH BRONX DON JOHNSON OR LORI LIGHTFOOT OR GREG ABBOTT T STARTED IN 2008 WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IMMIGRATION AND WE DIDN'T.

IN 2003, WE ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND IMMIGRATIONS ENFORCEMENT.

THESE ARE NOT THAT OLD AND WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOTTEN US.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN WORK PERMITS, HOUSING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND WE DIDN'T.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FULL PICTURE SO PEOPLE CAN BECOME INDEPENDENT.

>> THAT'S THE MAIN THING, THAT THEY DO BECOME INDEPENDENT EVENTUALLY.

HOUSING IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG PART OF THE ISSUE.

YOU ARE ALSO A REALTOR AND YOU HAVE HELPED IMMIGRANTS FIND HOUSING.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT?

>> WE PUT A PACKET TOGETHER.

WE SHOW THEIR INCOME, A LETTER OF THEIR EMPLOYER, SAVINGS, A COPY OF THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN PAY RENT, ESPECIALLY SOME FAMILIES HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

WE PUT THAT TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT AS A SOLUTION TO LANDLORDS AROUND CHICAGO.

>> THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HELP MORE IMMIGRANTS FIND HOUSING AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE DONE SOON.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE SIGHTS, SMELLS, SOUNDS OF NATURE ARE A TOUCH STONE FOR EVERY CULTURE.

THIS MONTH THE MORTON ARBORETUM IS INVITING PEOPLE TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE ROOTS.

THE ARBORETUM IS HOUSING A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTING LATINO CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES BEGINNING WITH A CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE HAVE THE FIRST MAJOR EVENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS MONTH.

IT'S NOT JUST US PUTTING ON A FESTIVAL.

IT'S US WELCOMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WILL BE PART OF THAT AND HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PLANNING.

LATINO OUTDOORS, HIKING CLUB.

WE HAVE ALSO ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS PRETTY FULL, WE HAVE TRAM TOURS SATURDAY THROUGH ARBORETUMS THAT WILL BE IN SPANISH.

STORY TELLING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

WE HAVE HIKES THIS WEEKEND WITH BILINGUAL GUIDES.

THERE WILL BE A SPANISH LANGUAGE THERAPY HIKE.

ALSO A SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM, A GARDENING PROGRAM.

WE HAVE 16 MILES OF HIKE ABLE TRAILS.

I HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH THE GROUP AND TELL PEOPLE TO STOP AND LOOK UP.

THEY LOOK UP THROUGH THE TREE CANOPY AND I HEAR THEM GOING WOW.

>> AT THE EVENTS YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARBORETUM'S GLOBAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM WHICH IS HELPING SCIENTISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MEXICO AND COSTA RICA CONSERVE ENDANGERED OAK SPECIES.

NEXT JOIN WITH THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF BEING FIRST GENERATION.

STAY WITH US.

>>> BEING A FIRST GENERATION LATINO AMERICAN COMES WITH AWARDS AND STRUGGLES.

HONORING YOUR ROOTS AND DEFINING YOUR ABILITY AS AMERICAN TO DEALING WITH WEIGHT OF FAMILY EXPECTATIONS WHILE FORE GOING YOUR OWN PATH.

HERE TO SHARE THEIR OWN JOURNEYS AS FIRST GENERATION LATINO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> I WANT TO START WITH YOU, BRIAN.

TELL ME WHERE YOU GREW UP AND HOW DO YOU DEFINE BEING FIRST GENERATION.

>> I GREW UP IN BELLWOOD SINCE I WAS A KID.

MY COMMUNITY WAS BLACK AND BROWN.

I GREW UP I GUESS YOU COULD SAY FEELING A LITTLE BIT CONFUSION FROM MY HOUSEHOLD, BEING ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING AND SCHOOL WOULD BE ONLY ENGLISH.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A CHANGE GOING ON WITHIN MONTHS IN FEDERAL HOUSE AND THE SCHOOL.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL.

BUT I STARTED REALIZING I WASN'T AROUND A LOT OF LATINOS GROWING UP.

EVEN MY FRIENDSHIPS, I WASN'T SPEAKING SPANISH.

I WASN'T INVOLVED IN ANY OF THAT AT ALL.

FOR ME IT WAS MORE SO ADAPTING TO THE REAL WORLD AND KIND OF THINGS OUR PARENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND OR DIDN'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OR ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

GUESS IT'S WINGING IT.

>> FIGURING IT OUT.

>> YES.

>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES WHEN YOU WERE FLED BACK BEING THE FIRST?

>> YES.

DAD IS FROM GUATEMALA.

GROWING UP HERE, THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK IT ALSO COMES WITH A LOT OF PRIDE KNOWING YOU ARE SETTING AND PAVING THE WAY FOR YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND ALSO FOR ANYONE ELSE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS LATINOS AND LATINAS.

IT CAME WITH TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT WHICH I STILL HAVE IN A LOT OF WAYS.

IT COMES WITH ALSO KNOWING SOMETIMES IT IS OKAY TO BE SELFISH IN WAYS THAT AS PARENTS WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS FOR THEMSELVES THEY MIGHT HAVE WANTED.

BY SACRIFICING THOSE, THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER FUTURE HERE.

KNOWING IT IS OKAY TO BE SELFISH IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THEM PROUD IN THE WAYS THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FULFILL FOR THEMSELVES.

>> YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY.

YOU CAME TO THE U.S.

WHEN YOU WERE SEVEN YEARS OLD.

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?

>> BEING UNDOCUMENTED IN THE UNITED STATES CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.

I THINK I WAS OFTEN A SPACE WHERE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I BELONGED.

WITH PARENTS AT HOME SPEAKING SPANISH AND OVERCOMING BARRIERS MANY IMMIGRANTS FACE IN THE UNITED STATES AND NAVIGATING EXPERIENCES IN THE WORLD, AT SCHOOL, SPEAKING ENGLISH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOST SCARY WAS THE SENSE OF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO AM I?

WHAT DO I BELIEVE IN?

AND YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO BE PROUD OF YOUR PARENTS' TRADITIONS.

TRYING TO SIMULATE TO AMERICAN CULTURE AND ALSO OWN THE IDENTITY OF AMERICAN.

>> I REMEMBER WITH CELINA, I AM NOT AMERICAN ENOUGH FOR THE AMERICANS, NOT MEXICAN ENOUGH FOR THE MEXICANS.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY.

YOU SHOOT CELEBRITIES.

TELL ME WHERE THAT STARTED.

>> IT STARTED WHEN I WAS A KID.

I AM AN ARTIST.

I DO PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE I WAS YOUNG, WRITING POETRY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT STARTED FROM MY SPACE.

I USED TO DO GRAPHIC DESIGN, DO THEIR PHOTOS FOR LIKE $15, PARTY FLYERS AND STUFF.

ONE DAY MY DAD, HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, AND HE WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF ARCHITECTURE.

HE ENDED UP BUYING A CAMERA.

HE SAID YOU ARE GOOD AT GRAPHIC DESIGN.

IF YOU HAD A HIGH QUALITY CAMERA, IT WOULD MAKE YOUR PICTURES LOOK BETTER.

ONE DAY HE BOUGHT A CAMERA AND I WAS LIKE I AM NOT REALLY INTERESTED.

I GRABBED IT AND STARTED TAKING PICTURES AND STARTED EDITING WITH SISTERS, COUSINS, PEOPLE AT SCHOOL.

>> AND YOU GOT YOUR FIRST REAL GIG.

HOW DID THAT FEEL?

>> I AM FROM CHICAGO AND WE ARE LATINO AND NOT RAISED TO BELIEVE OTHER THAN YOU NEED TO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD.

US BEING AMERICAN NOW AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO CHANGE OUR GENERATIONS, TO BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CURSES OF AGAIN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG AND THAT WE DO NOW, I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS POSITION AS A LATINO.

>> TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND CREATING A PATH.

WHAT GOT YOU INSPIRED INTO GOING INTO THE MENTAL BEHAVIOR FIELD?

>> MY PARENTS GOT DIVORCED WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG AGE.

I REMEMBER MOM MAKING SURE MY BROTHER AND MYSELF HAD A THERAPIST AND ALSO SHE HAD A THERAPIST.

YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND IT IS STILL A TABOO TOPIC.

WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.

THINKING BACK I ADMIRE HER IN A SENSE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT LEAP.

I WILL GET YOU THE HELP YOU NEED DURING THIS TRANSITION.

I THINK BEING IN THE FIELD IT'S PROVIDED ME WITH FULFILLMENT KNOWING I AM MAKING AN IMPACT AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR JOURNEY, WHETHER IT'S OBSTACLES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> YOU ARE MAKING WAVES YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PRACTICE.

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE?

>> I THINK IT IS A REFLECTION OF SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO I BELIEVE AND WHO I WAS, TRYING TO FEEL CONNECTED, TRYING TO FIND A SPACE WHERE I COULD FEEL THAT WAS MYSELF.

I WOULD SAY IT SHOWED UP AS ANXIETY, STRESS.

REALLY HAVE THE LANGUAGE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO WORK THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE.

>> I CAN IMAGINE THE CHALLENGES TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS.

HOW WOULD YOU NAVIGATE THAT?

>> IT CAN BE VERY TRICKY.

I THINK WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS DON'T GIVE UP.

BELIEVE IN YOUR WORTH.

BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT.

YOU ARE SMART.

YOU ARE COMPETENT.

A LOT OF IT IS MAKING TIME TO PROCESS AND LEARN MORE INFORMATION AND FINDING MENTORSHIP SO YOU CAN BEGIN TO GROW.

DON'T FEEL SO ALONE IN THE CHALLENGES.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE USING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED IN AMERICA AND THE LESSONS YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM FAMILY TO CREATE YOUR OWN PATH?

>> I GET A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM MY PARENTS, THINKING ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF CROSSING THE BORDER, TELLING ME THE EXPERIENCES THEY WENT THROUGH.

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

I THINK TIME TO TIME IF WOULD I BE ABLE TO MENTALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO.

I LOOK AT IT AS INSPIRATION OF OF IF THEY CAN COME TO A PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHAT EXCUSE DO I HAVE WITH EVERYTHING THEY CAME FOR ME TO DO?

IT PUSHES AND MOTIVATES ME WITH THEIR RESILIENCE AND EAGERNESS FOR US TO HAVE A BETTER FUTURE.

>> WHAT'S ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF AND YOUR JOURNEY?

>> RESILIENCY.

>> I SAY VULNERABILITY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

GRADE KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

THE THEME IS TO MEXICO, TO CHICAGO.

WE'LL SHINE A LIGHT ON DIFFERENT STATES IN MEXICO.

THE PARADES WILL HAVE FLOATS, BANDS, DANCING.

WE'LL HAVE A PEEK AT ONE OF THE PERFORMING ACTS IN THE PARADE.

THE OWNER SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED TO START THE DANCE ORGANIZATION TO TEACH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS MORE ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE.

NOW SHE HAS MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES TAKING THE CLASS.

>> AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, I LOVE THE VIBRANCY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE SHARE THE LOVE OF OUR CULTURE.

WE ARE SO PROUD.

THAT'S ONE THING WE TEACH THE KIDS EARLY ON.

FOR ME, IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THAT.

BUT HERE NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION ON THE NORTHSIDE, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO HANG OUT TOGETHER, WHO REALIZE THEY HAVE A COMMONALITY OF BEING LATINO AND MEXICAN.

>> THE PARADE WILL START AT THE HISTORIC LITTLE VILLAGE ON 26th STREET.

HERNANDEZ WILL HAVE MORE ON THE DANCE STUDIO NEXT WEEK ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

AS YOU KNOW, MUSIC OF COURSE IS A BIG PART OF NISSL OPERATION.

FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAVE ASKED A MUSIC JOURNALIST TO DIAL IN ON A FEW MUSIC STYLES, GENRES, TRENDS ACROSS THE LATINO DANCE FLOOR.

SHE'S KICKING IT OFF WITH A LOOK AT THE MENTION CON ORIGINAL MUSIC MOVEMENT.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> THE GENRE OF MEXICAN REGIONAL MUSIC HAS GONE UP BY 40% IN JUST THE LAST YEAR.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT EITHER, BUT IT IS HAPPENING.

REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC IS BEING REFLECTED IN MUSIC OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

THIS NEW STYLE OF MUSIC, THEY ARE INCORPORATING THEIR OWN CULTURAL INFLUENCES INTO MUSIC THEY GREW UP WITH.

THEY'RE LIKE BUT WE ALSO LOVE HIP HOP, TRAP, OTHER TROPICAL SOUNDS.

WE DON'T WE COMBINE IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS?

THEY'RE DOING IT IN SUCH A COOL WAY, IT IS WEIRD BUT COOL.

WHY DON'T WE LISTEN?

THEY JUST PERFORMED IN CHICAGO AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >>> ANOTHER BAND FROM CHICAGO DOING SOMETHING GLOBAL INCORPORATES SOUNDS FROM ACROSS THE U.S.

THEY'RE CREATING THIS UNIQUE SOUND ON THEIR OWN.

ONE OF THE NEWEST SONGS, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> TO CONTINUE THE LATIN ALTERNATIVE FUSION, LET'S LISTEN TO SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM A SUPER GROUP FORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE COLOR BROWN, DOSANTOS.

THEY'RE INCORPORATING AFRO COLUMBIA DISCO, ROCK, POP INTO THEIR MUSIC.

EACH OF THE TRACKS ON THE NEW ALBUM HAS A DIFFERENT FLAVOR BUT IT'S BASED ON LATIN MUSIC WITH MODERN SOUND.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> WE'LL BE BACK.

BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR SHOW THIS WEEK.

DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US AT LATINO VOICES.

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