WEBVTT - Bonus: Home for the Holidays in the Valley

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<v Speaker 1>Class action is a production of I heart radio and

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<v Speaker 1>sound argument. I'm at Genesis Salinas. I am a tool

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<v Speaker 1>at St Mary's School of Law. My brother and I

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<v Speaker 1>are driving back to the Rio Grand Valley from San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 1>Texas right now being surrounded by my family, my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>all my relatives, especially for the holidays. It's just really

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<v Speaker 1>great and I also just finished my semester of law school.

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<v Speaker 1>We finished our finals last weekend, so I'm really excited

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<v Speaker 1>that my family is going to be all together again

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<v Speaker 1>in the valley. The valley is just such a great place.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like a lot of people don't know about it.

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<v Speaker 1>People think that it's desert or it's Mexico or I

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<v Speaker 1>used to have a friend that had found in Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>and his family would ask him like do you guys

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<v Speaker 1>see illegals running around, and I was like what? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>like that's so like people don't know. People will be like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>do you carry your gun everywhere you go, like is

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<v Speaker 1>it dangerous? Are you scared? And and it's gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>been salty. But when you see get questions like that

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<v Speaker 1>about how dangerous it was, but it's not. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>safer here in the valley than I do in San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 1>my home and my family's home. I have dogs. That

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<v Speaker 1>will be worse. Yeah, my family has a pile. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why. Why bark a lot more than the

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<v Speaker 1>people does? I'm very close to my parents. We talk

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. We all communicate a lot. I think you

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<v Speaker 1>know my favorite memories were all of us sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>the living room together cracking jokes, talking about our day

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<v Speaker 1>and things that bothered us, things we liked. My mom

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<v Speaker 1>loves Christmas, loves lights and decorating and she plugs everything

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<v Speaker 1>in for the night and then my dad goes and

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<v Speaker 1>unplugs everything because I don't know if he's just thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>like all the light bill you know, let me unplug him.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw this meme on instagram that showed like the

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<v Speaker 1>horoscope signs in like order of most festive, and my

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<v Speaker 1>mom's sign was like most festive, has lights on the

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<v Speaker 1>years round, year round, and my dad's was like the grinch,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, yeah, that makes sense. He's always

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<v Speaker 1>unplugging everything. If my mom didn't decorate for Christmas, he

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't decorate. Like he doesn't really care. He's not about that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's this is what we have. Um for Christmas.

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<v Speaker 1>We have and we also have Christmas cookies. Oh, there's

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<v Speaker 1>also an also lint. That happens. We love that. We

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<v Speaker 1>love it. The chest. Hi, my name is Maria. It

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<v Speaker 1>is true Selenas in Um Genesis. SELENA's farm also leches,

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<v Speaker 1>like a Mexican dessert with white rice, condensed milk cinnamon.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really good. I know some people will make it

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<v Speaker 1>and then put it in the fridge or the freezer

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<v Speaker 1>so that it's kind of like a Jello pastry or

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<v Speaker 1>like a flan pastry, but with my family we eat

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<v Speaker 1>it hot. We make it and then just put it

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<v Speaker 1>in a cup so it's nice and warm. I'm kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like the CHAMPO. Not Ronch is more of a

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<v Speaker 1>holiday dessert. So when Christmas rolls around, I always ask

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<v Speaker 1>my mom. She can't make it, and it's some sugar

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<v Speaker 1>and now I'm gonna add milk, so it starts getting there.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the way we like it. We don't like

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<v Speaker 1>it to dry more like a Yah. I'm letchen Look Genesis.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the way you make it. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to learn, you need to be pay attention. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm just gonna stand your weight. So it don't

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<v Speaker 1>be boiling and it's already can you smell it already?

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds trying again. And now we have a cross.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it your testimony today that you recognize one of

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<v Speaker 1>the defendants as one of the robbers, the man that

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<v Speaker 1>robbed me? Is that man sitting right over there, wearing

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<v Speaker 1>that blue jacket and those brands banking? You glasses, your honor?

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<v Speaker 1>May I approach the witness? Female. I am handing the witness.

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<v Speaker 1>Being an attorney was always my dream job, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>because all of my family came from Mexico and it

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<v Speaker 1>was an immigration attorney that helped them complete their American dream.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know her name, I don't know who

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<v Speaker 1>she was, um, but she really inspired me, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to be able to make that difference. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to practice personal injury, but do you immigration on

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<v Speaker 1>the side Pro Bono? You know when she got accepted

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<v Speaker 1>to law school and we cried so much because, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember telling Genesis when she graduated with her bachelors,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, Genesis, you could be a lawyer, genesis, you

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<v Speaker 1>could be anything you want to. You have the potential. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in you. We believe in you and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to support you all the way. Genesis, where August

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<v Speaker 1>going to be here for you? You You know, I'm a teacher.

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<v Speaker 1>You know my husband, he works at a hospital, but

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have a lot of money. But we told

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<v Speaker 1>her family were here and where you're your you know

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<v Speaker 1>your support. So it is it is very emotional for

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<v Speaker 1>us for genesis to be in her second year and

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<v Speaker 1>just later become a lawyer. Hi, Ni Um. I became

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<v Speaker 1>a Christian when I was little, Um, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>not until I started gaining my own independence that I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to get very involved and I was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be a leader at my church. Um and my parents.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone is a believer, but not a practicing Christian, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they didn't understand why I wanted to be there.

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<v Speaker 1>But I feel like church just offers a very loving community. Okay, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>it's awesome to have a community Um of people that

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<v Speaker 1>have the same beliefs as you and have the same

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<v Speaker 1>foundations and Um that kind of just focuses on loving God,

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<v Speaker 1>don't in loving each other, Um, and I do think

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<v Speaker 1>that when I become an attorney, I will, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>factor that in and take that into consideration from all

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<v Speaker 1>of you all every I really love this pastor that

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna give the sermon today. Um, I think he

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<v Speaker 1>was in the running for lead pastor a few years

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<v Speaker 1>ago and he didn't get it because the other pastor

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<v Speaker 1>had been here for ten, fifteen years. But he is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus is destined for a painful purpose. That why is important.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know, play on this day we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the painful purpose of Jesus, because you're like, man,

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<v Speaker 1>this is supposed to be Christmas the world. Well, it's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely different for like the Christmas season. Uh. It kind

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<v Speaker 1>of made me think a lot more when he said

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<v Speaker 1>like Jesus purpose was painful, you know, because you start realizing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that I mean for when everything happens for

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<v Speaker 1>a reason, you know, and all the pain and suffering

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<v Speaker 1>that you go through is for a reason. Um. And

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like slowly, as life starts going, you start

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<v Speaker 1>learning why things had to happen, um. And so, hearing that,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say I thought about law school. Law

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<v Speaker 1>Schools painful. It's been. There's a lot of great things

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<v Speaker 1>a while law school, but it's been a really hard journey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being alone, being quarantined, studying for so many hours.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's been really rough going through it and then

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<v Speaker 1>moving to San Antonio by myself. That was really hard.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you miss about? I do. It feels weird when

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<v Speaker 1>I come back, like I never left. When I come home,

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of forget about my life in San Antonio.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like another dimension, like like a false reality.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Um, yeah, it's funny because in San

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio I like it because, you know, I can go

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<v Speaker 1>to the grocery store and pajamas and I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anyone over there and nobody knows me. So it's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really care how I look where I go,

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<v Speaker 1>like anywhere I go, but here, even if I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to Walgreens or even if I'm going to H G B,

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<v Speaker 1>like I need to look decent because I will see somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it. I will see I will know the employees. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I started sending my medication to different walgreens because the

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<v Speaker 1>Walgreen's from my house I knew everyone. I knew all

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<v Speaker 1>like the pharmacy tax, I knew all the walgreens employees. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, you know, any medication, it's like I'd go

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<v Speaker 1>to the pharmacy and everyone I knew was there and

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<v Speaker 1>they knew a medication I was taking a why and

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<v Speaker 1>how my appointment went? I don't know. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>it's weird. So I started setting it to another walk Greens.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know people that Um but I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I miss it. I Love San Antonia. If I get

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<v Speaker 1>a job offered it's Antonio when I'm out. I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>mind working there for a while, but my goal is

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<v Speaker 1>to come back'll be like said her. Then, well, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have dinner first. Ye here at home. We were

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<v Speaker 1>like do the ginger bread like we're doing today. Okay, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>so get ready. Oh my God, we haven't done here.

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<v Speaker 1>So you don't know what a flight fried flower Tortilla

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<v Speaker 1>instead of putting the flower in them. Yeah, I'm through

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<v Speaker 1>SALNA Jr. I'm the Father Jenesis Selena's. When jenesis first

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<v Speaker 1>started going to school, remb prekinder didn't know English, English

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<v Speaker 1>well school, and you know, I'll go pick grow up

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, you know, she's not in this classroom.

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<v Speaker 1>Why on? Because do you know how to speak English?

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll put in another glass and I was like why?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean to don't know his beginness and

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<v Speaker 1>I had noticed because, you know, we didn't. Yes, but

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't because her grandma was taking too. So after that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, at night I would be reading to her,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, stories, so she could learn English, because she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know. I was four years old, she was born.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't know because my mom took care of her

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<v Speaker 1>and raised her since she was born and she only

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<v Speaker 1>knows Spanish. What about Christis? When you workid did you

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<v Speaker 1>sell her? Did you ever get to celebrate Christmas in Mexico?

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<v Speaker 1>In Mexico, you know, what was it like as a

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<v Speaker 1>as a Hispanic household in the sixties, seventies? What was

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<v Speaker 1>slight for you? You know, I didn't really experience it

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<v Speaker 1>that much. What was that? I don't know. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up in a in a ranch. It was

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<v Speaker 1>only about, you know, fifty houses. The nearest town was

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty miles. We had no electricity. We had no

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<v Speaker 1>electricity until like when I was seven or eight years old,

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<v Speaker 1>and we didn't have no no resources. You know, it

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<v Speaker 1>was very, really poor. We had no running water. What

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<v Speaker 1>was the Food Christmas? What? What? What would you know,

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<v Speaker 1>your mom? You know, I came to United States when

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<v Speaker 1>I was ten years old. So, but in Mexico, where were,

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<v Speaker 1>your mom cooked for you and we used to form

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. We form corn, beans, squash, candaloupe, watermelon, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>we form, you know, that's what we ate. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my dad grew up in a shepherd you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>grandpa had like two hundred goats. So all the mediday

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<v Speaker 1>was goat. They would kill a baby coat like every

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<v Speaker 1>every week or every two weeks, and that's all they ate.

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<v Speaker 1>And the beans, well, they grew the beans. The only

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<v Speaker 1>thing they had to buy was, I think, rice and potatoes,

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<v Speaker 1>because the corn, you know, you're in the corn. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we used to, you know, make the tortillas with Thesaman,

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<v Speaker 1>my grandma, you don't have to, and then from there

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<v Speaker 1>to made the tortillas. So everything, you know, we have.

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<v Speaker 1>We almost had everything there, but you know, I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't in a city like a ster. Grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in the city and they had more traditions, more resources.

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<v Speaker 1>But why where I grew up? But there was no,

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<v Speaker 1>no resources. There was more ranch sports, Monta. We had

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<v Speaker 1>no electricity. That I remember. The winters, they were called

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<v Speaker 1>my dad. Every morning he would um wake up early,

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<v Speaker 1>before school and make breakfast. Um, but he would make

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<v Speaker 1>like a Mexican breakfast, like a Chodi saw and ch egg,

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<v Speaker 1>or he would make megas cut up with the egg,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he used to get up and make on

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<v Speaker 1>this fancy breakfast and sometimes we wouldn't eat it and

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't think about it when I was younger. But like,

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<v Speaker 1>making breakfast for somebody like takes time, you know, it

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<v Speaker 1>takes time and effort, and so the fact that he

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<v Speaker 1>would make breakfast every morning and we would never eat it,

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<v Speaker 1>like it just makes me sad thinking about now, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's sad now. If he makes breakfast, I'm like, Oh, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're more aware. You're like, Oh, you're spending groceries on me,

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<v Speaker 1>you're spending time to wake up early and make food

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<v Speaker 1>for me. Um. So now I make sure to eat,

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<v Speaker 1>even if I'm eating already, if I come from somewhere. No, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's falling apart. Na Genesis has just lost the competition.

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<v Speaker 1>Her train, her gingerbread train, has quite literally become gingerbread

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<v Speaker 1>train wreck. You know, that's the Spanish also tradition, I believe. Literally,

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<v Speaker 1>I was looking at it and I was like, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my God, it looks so, so beautiful. My name is

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Um, genesis younger brother. I'm twenty years old. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a senior AT U T R G V and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope to be a lawyer and go to law school

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<v Speaker 1>just like Genesis. One day. When we were younger, how

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<v Speaker 1>we did Christmas was, I would say, you know, speaking

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<v Speaker 1>about it like from Hispanic perspective, was like we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>really open our gifts on the morning of Christmas Day,

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<v Speaker 1>like I would see kind of like displayed in American culture.

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<v Speaker 1>We would open them Christmas Eve at my uncle's house

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<v Speaker 1>and we would all be got us in our you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe thirty person party. But yeah, we would. We would

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<v Speaker 1>open our presents together on Christmas Eve. Christmas, as we

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<v Speaker 1>knew it, was more so like a night thing. We

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<v Speaker 1>rarely woke up and opened our gifts on Christmas Day.

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<v Speaker 1>We made it a habit of opening them with our cousins,

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<v Speaker 1>with our other family members. Christmas. Opened some gifts here,

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<v Speaker 1>because I would not take when we when we were younger,

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<v Speaker 1>mom and dad, it used to say like that the

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<v Speaker 1>presence that we'd open over there my uncles were from

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<v Speaker 1>them and then on the when we woke up there

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<v Speaker 1>was new presents and those were from Santa Um. So

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<v Speaker 1>for a while we did do both. Yeah, and one

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<v Speaker 1>of our favorite holiday songs is called I actually don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what that means in English. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>What does that mean? What is means? We're to Mexican. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's funny. It's like a Spanish songs. It's not a

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<v Speaker 1>Spanish song, it's a Christmas Carol. Okay, it's called in Spanish.

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<v Speaker 1>They're called the JANICUS and basically a burritosh do. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>so basically represents it's Sane Innando. That's when Virgin Mary Right,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was pregnant and they were they came in

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<v Speaker 1>a dock. Yes, they were looking for yes, and it

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<v Speaker 1>says Boa, Camino a velline, okay, to Bethlehem, yes, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's like, you know, it's all happy. Okay. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's saying Um, like talking to the donkey, like get ready,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to Bethlehem, um. And it's a happy, joyful

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<v Speaker 1>song because because, uh, the baby Jesus was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be born, and that's why, m H. I mean. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is the song. It's a it's a Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>carol in Spanish. Yeah, it's sunny. We were seeing it.

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<v Speaker 1>I never need it met. Uh. This is like for

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<v Speaker 1>us too. It brings us together. You know, now that

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<v Speaker 1>they have grown up, it's it has gotten super, super busy. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, this is a way of just bringing

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<v Speaker 1>all of us together, like we're here, we're helping them,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I really, I really enjoyed this. We

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<v Speaker 1>cried a lot. We were sad because we're always together.

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<v Speaker 1>But Um, but we understand, right. Yeah, I guess, because

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<v Speaker 1>we think you're just temporary. That's that's one of my

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<v Speaker 1>dreams for both of them to work together. Um, from

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<v Speaker 1>law school, graduate attorneys. Yes, law firm named Salinas and Salinas.

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<v Speaker 1>I really love coming home and catching up with everyone, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel more free, I feel more relieved being

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<v Speaker 1>in the valley. I feel like myself again. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>feel like a full time law student under the same pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm really, Um excited to have this next month

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<v Speaker 1>off so we can all be together again as a family. Yeah,

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