1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: I think when the reality reality of everything, hey, was 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: when my dad came home early and he told me 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: that he lost his job. It was kind of like 4 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: a wake up call, but it was also fear for 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: how long is he not going to have a job. 6 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: It was a typical weekday in March when Kate Bustamante 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: was sitting in class chatting with her friends. 8 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: I remember I had my music class and me and 9 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: my friend were joking about how if this actually got 10 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: that bad, we'd be having skype calls for class. 11 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: News had been bubbling that COVID nineteen was beginning to 12 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: shut down restaurants, stores, schools all across California. Kate wrapped 13 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: up her music class and headed to her next one 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: in the newsroom on campus. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: And everyone's like outside and they're like, oh, we're not 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: going today. And I was like, what do you mean 17 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: We're not going today? And yeah, they told us that 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: they were going to close the school down because of COVID. 19 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: And just like that, overnight, Kate went from being a 20 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: full time college student to her family's main breadwinner. From 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: Futuro Media, It's Latino Usa II mariaino posa. Today, the 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: pandemic has upended and jeopardized the education and future of 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: many college students. We're going to hear from one of them. 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: The summer of twenty twenty was filled with uncertainty in 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: the US. COVID nineteen had left more than twenty million 26 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: people without an income within the first few months of 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: the outbreak. The majority of those affected were immigrants and 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: young workers, specifically those in Generation Z, the generation entering 29 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: adulthood after millennials, with classes forced to go online. College 30 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: enrollment also plunged. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 31 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: freshman enrollment is down by more than sixteen percent nationwide, 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: and it's even higher for community college. Survey data from 33 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that many Gen 34 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: Z students have withdrawn from classes and have delayed their graduation. 35 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 2: While millennials came of age during the Great Recession in 36 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: two thousand and nine, Gen Zers were starting their adult 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: years in a strong economy with record low unemployment. That 38 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: is until COVID nineteen shook the nation's economy. Now Gen 39 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: Z is staring directly into an uncertain future. Today, we're 40 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: going to be hearing from Kate Bustamante, who's a twenty 41 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: year old student at Santa Ana College and a reporter 42 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: with El Dawn, the school's award winning student newspaper. While 43 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 2: many gen Zers who made national headlines are recent grads 44 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: without job prospects, Latino USA wanted to take a look 45 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: at another side of the diverse gen Z experience and 46 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: look at another kind of essential worker. Kate is going 47 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: to pick up this story now. 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: This summer, my workday has looked a lot different than 49 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: they ever have been. 50 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 3: Oh my god, do you hear that? 51 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: Do you hear that? Annoying? It's a tad just's yeah. 52 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: I usually only have one alarm. I'm not like the 53 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: person that needs six to wake me up, which is 54 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: weird because I consider myself a pretty heavy sleeper. But 55 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: once I hear the alarm, I know it's time to go. Hey, 56 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: I'm Kate. What's the month it? What you heard was 57 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: me recording my thoughts. I've been doing that all summer. Sorry, 58 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: I started cupping my fingers with them. Having like my 59 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: clean room and bathroom. I really made being at home 60 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: a lot better Because I used to not like being 61 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: at home before this whole COVID thing. I've gotten to 62 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: spend a lot more time in little sister. We've gotten 63 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: to do some planting so we can make like a 64 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: little nice garden, and then she hasn't little succulent, She's growing. 65 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: The whole quarantine was kind of a nightmare for me 66 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: because I prefer to be outside. This summer wasn't the easiest, 67 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: not just for me, but for a lot of people 68 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: my age, or at least for my friends and people 69 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: I talk to attend on a college I remember a 70 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: conversation I had with a close friend who class. It 71 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: was at the beginning of the summer, and we were 72 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: talking about our futures as students and what that might 73 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: be if me and her worrying about it, like I'm 74 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: sure other students are tripping about what they're going to 75 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: even do, because we were talking about like in the 76 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: long run, like what's safe to study right now, Like 77 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: what's safe to rely on that you know that we 78 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: can get something out of. I've always felt some pressure 79 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: for my parents to study something safe and practical. I'm 80 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: actually a psychology major, but I think I want to 81 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: do something in visual arts, maybe even graphic design for magazines. 82 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: My parents aren't documented and providing for my parents and 83 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: my little sister is important to me. I just didn't 84 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,119 Speaker 1: think i'd be doing it so soon. I've always worked 85 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: and studied at the same time. I used to take 86 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: the bus at four am to work a shift before 87 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: my morning class, but it was my choice. Now I 88 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: need to work. But before we get into my summer, 89 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: you need to know about the city. I grew up 90 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: in Santa Ana, California. If you look at Santa Ana 91 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: on a math, you'll see that it's in Orange County. 92 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: But I don't associate them together. When people think of 93 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: Orange County, they think of beaches and rich white people. 94 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: Santana feels so separate. It's working class. It's its own place. 95 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: You know how they say like there's beauty in the struggle. 96 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: I feel like that itself is a good way to 97 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: describe Santa Anak busy. It's always people like going into 98 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: work or going out of work. I think it's a 99 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: lot of people just trying to make sure that their 100 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: kids go to school. I think it's a lot of 101 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: kids trying to leave their parents' houses. It's I don't know. 102 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: I feel like growing up here it makes you want 103 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: to leave, not necessarily because it's such a bad place, 104 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: but because it's hard to like see your family struggle, 105 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: and I feel like that's what a lot of the 106 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: people here in Santa Ana do, at least for me, 107 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: like growing up in Santa Ana and seeing my parents struggle, 108 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: it definitely puts it into perspective for me, like I 109 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: have to work my way out of this. I have 110 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: to find solutions, you know, to be more resourceful, to 111 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: just be able to get to a place where I 112 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: can support from my parents instead of like expecting everything 113 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: to be handed to me from them. It's difficult to 114 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: imagine leaving the city because it's all I've known. But 115 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: I definitely don't want to have to work that hard 116 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: physically for the rest of my life. So my dad 117 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: came first. His first job was taco bell like cooking job, 118 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,679 Speaker 1: and that was my first job, so that was cool. 119 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: My mom crossed the border when she was eight months 120 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: pregnant with me. She was still like working in Mexico, 121 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: and she tells me that she would fall asleep at 122 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: like her little store stand and the customers would just 123 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: call her sleeping beauty. It leaves you in awe, you know, 124 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: because they really did sacrifice like everything just to come 125 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: over here for our better futures. It's not something to 126 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: take lightly at all. Is there respect to carry for 127 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: them for life? You know? Right now, I live with 128 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: my mom, dad, and my little sister. My mom's brother 129 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: used to live with us, but he moved out last 130 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: year and I finally got my own room. My family 131 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: we get along, but I wouldn't say we're close. We 132 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: don't really talk about what we're feeling. My dad's shy 133 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: and my mom's outgoing and cares about everyone. They're both 134 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: hard working people. I'm a little bit of both. I 135 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: love that she taught me like to value people's work 136 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: and like livelihoods no matter what position they're in. My 137 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: mom used to read me like fairy tales and Spanish, 138 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: so I feel like that was like a huge source 139 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: of my imagination because I always used to doodle when 140 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: I was younger. My parents always really pushed school on me, 141 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: so I felt a lot of pressure to have good grades, 142 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: but I also obviously had my own interests. I definitely 143 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: always saw drawing and art as an escape and escape 144 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: from like that kind of pressure. I like the freedom 145 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: in it. I literally had street DA's since I was 146 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: in elementary, you know, so this was like I needed 147 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: a kind of something that it was like up to 148 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: my choice. Currently, I'm a junior at Santa Ana College. 149 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: It's our local community college. Most of us just call 150 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: it SACK. It's kind of like shameful to go to SACK. 151 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,479 Speaker 1: A lot of our counselors were kind of like against 152 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: students going there subtly, but it was still like, you know, 153 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: they pushed you to go to more of like the 154 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: four years and other places that were outside of Santa Ana. 155 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: I went to cap Pally Pomona for like a week 156 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: because that was kind of like the expectation. Its full 157 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: name is California State Polytechnic University Pomona, also known as 158 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: cal Poly Pomona. It's a four year university about twenty 159 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: five miles from Santa Ana, which is about half an 160 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,599 Speaker 1: hour without traffic in a car, but with public transportation 161 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: it could take almost three hours. My parents are really proud. 162 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: So I definitely felt like I had to go to 163 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: a bigger school. But dude, when I got there, it 164 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: was just so it was very overwhelming in the sense 165 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: that I was not used to that big of classroom sizes. 166 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: I was not used to that like atmosphere of just 167 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: being alone, and it was just so much that they 168 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: threw on you, like all at once, and just those 169 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: like first three days, and like financially it was so 170 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: like draining because it was so and I didn't get 171 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: accepted into the dorms, so I had to like commute 172 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: and I don't have my own car, so it was 173 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: just so much. But I did go to like my 174 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: first college party on my second day, just like a 175 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: random thing that happened. The moment I realized it was 176 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 1: too much was a few days in and I had 177 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: a breakdown. I just remember feeling super overwhelmed. After my 178 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: children's philosophy class that I had enrolled for at Kalpola MNA. 179 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: There was this program that you had to have bought 180 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: to get the assignments, and I think it was like 181 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: eighty dollars and I was thinking like, oh, yeah, like 182 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: I can just save that for my paycheck and pay 183 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: next week, but apparently we had to have it like 184 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: that same day. So the next day I went into class, 185 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: I was missing like one assignment already, and I was like, 186 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: oh my god, I'm already missing in an assignment and 187 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: it's so expensive just to be able to see what 188 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: the assignment was, and so like I just went into 189 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: the bathroom because I felt real liverwhelmed, and I started crying, 190 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: and I was just kind of like, I don't think 191 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: I should be here. It was really like hard to 192 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: like have that conversation with my parents of like, actually, 193 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: like I can't be here. I think at first they 194 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: were definitely skeptical. So that was like my fear, which 195 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: is why, like I definitely I was like dreading telling them. 196 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: But after like I explained it, my mom was super understanding. 197 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: She was just glad that I wasn't gonna like leave school. 198 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: You know, it's just hard because they tell they put 199 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure, like telling you they came from 200 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: where they come from so you can have a good future. 201 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: And it's not something that like I'm not that I 202 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: like dismiss her. I'm not completely aware of so I 203 00:11:53,080 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: don't know, it was just hard. So yeah, I was like, 204 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: what if I just went to sign at college, my 205 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: first year would be free. I'd obviously be able to 206 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 1: have a job because it's close to home. I could 207 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: just work around my schedule. I don't remember my first 208 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: few classes, but I do remember the opportunities that came 209 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: from my first semester, I had a friend who told 210 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: me about this journalism writing class and then there was 211 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: this like LGBTQ mural that they had on that campus, 212 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: and I was just telling her like how it was 213 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 1: really cool that we had that, and then she's like, Okay, 214 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: you come to the newsroom with me real quick, and 215 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: I just go with her, and then I was like 216 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: having the conversation with her, and they all just kind 217 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: of like, well, you should write about it, and I 218 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: was like, I've never written for anything, and they were like, no, 219 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: you're good. Just go out there. You can interview them. 220 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: So I talked to the mural teacher. He was super cool, easy, 221 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: first interview, I got like my first piece published, and 222 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: I had no idea that was going to happen. I 223 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: wasn't even part of the newspaper yet. After that, that's 224 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: when I joined. The next semester, I was able to 225 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: be in both the mural team and the newspaper, so 226 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: I feel like that's when things kind of started making sense. 227 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: I've been at Santana College for two years now and 228 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: I'm still part of the student newspaper. It's called El Dawn. 229 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: Psychology is still my major, but I've been leaning towards communications, 230 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: specifically in the visual arts. It's made me the most happy. 231 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: And before Sakshaw down in March, I was in my 232 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: fourth semester. That's when everything was really going to be good. 233 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: I was taking sign language, I was taking music, I 234 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: was still doing the newspaper. I was planning on taking 235 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: multicultural psychology. I think we only had maybe six or 236 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: eight weeks left, but at the time I was just 237 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: going through too much. Like my dad lost his job. 238 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: I had just started a new part time job as 239 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: a cashier at an organic grocery store, the kind with 240 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: the juice bar, vitamins, and beauty department. It's not like 241 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: any grocery store I ever went to as a kid. 242 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: When the whole pandemic started, I feel that a lot 243 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: of families were losing income, including mine. My dad's worked 244 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: as a cook for the past sixteen years, and the 245 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: diner he worked at shut down in March, so he 246 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: lost his job and my mom lost work two She 247 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: mostly cleaned houses. So I dropped my classes and just 248 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: kept one the newsroom. My parents didn't know I did that, 249 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: and honestly they still don't know. I didn't want them 250 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: to feel like they were pressuring me, and like I said, 251 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: we don't talk much about what we're feeling, but it 252 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: was kind of a given. I've seen how much they 253 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: give up for me, whether it's their rest or when 254 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: they have to work multiple jobs. I've never gone hungry. 255 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: They've always made sure I was fed. So that's what 256 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: I wanted to do for them. I had to. We 257 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: had rent to pay, the phone bill, the life bill, 258 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: the internet. My little sister needed it for school. We 259 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: had groceries to buy. I needed to work full time, 260 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: so I asked my manager. I just told him like, oh, yeah, 261 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: you can give me forty hours. He's like, oh, you 262 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: want to WORRK forty hours? And I was like, yeah, 263 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: I kind of need. 264 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: To coming up on Latino USA. 265 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: I turned twenty this year, and I've been reflecting on 266 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: the value my parents put on education and all the 267 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: pressures I've been feeling. My mom and dad are both 268 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: from small towns, and they saw how people without an 269 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: education were treated differently in Mexico, with less respect. Even 270 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: though I've learned throughout the years that someone's education shouldn't 271 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: be a factor in how you treat them, I definitely 272 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: understand that they want the best for me, so no 273 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: one can look down on me. 274 00:15:41,800 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 2: Stay with us, Yes, hey, we're back. When we left off, 275 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 2: Kate Bustamante had just dropped all of her classes except 276 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 2: one because overnight she had to work full time to 277 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: help support her family. Her decision not only set back 278 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: her education, but also the future that she and especially 279 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 2: her immigrant parents, had envisioned for her. And Kate is 280 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 2: going to pick up the story from here. 281 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 3: Thank you. 282 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: It's so hot man, Let's go for my luncheon. Every day, 283 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: my work hours fluctuate. I'll go in as early as 284 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: eight for a morning shift and as late as five 285 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: for a night shift. Before I even enter the door, 286 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: I have to obviously think of putting on my mask. 287 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: I have to know where my apron is. I try 288 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,239 Speaker 1: my best to avoid customers as I'm entering, but most 289 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: of the time I'll just put on my apron after 290 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: so it's usually just me passing by co workers saying hello, 291 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: good morning, When is the ass Hello, when is the 292 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: ass Go it's done? Hello, when is the assay? And 293 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: then I go clock in or I wait until it's 294 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: my time to clocking. Sometimes I'm there like a minute early, 295 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: so I just wait until it's right on the dot. 296 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: That was all the juicing equipment that you hurt back there. 297 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: And then I put on my apron. I go out 298 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: to the floor and I ask which you're to come in? 299 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm cocked in. I'm wopping to Register one. I usually 300 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: have to switch out with the person that's on Register one, 301 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: so i'd be the register that's closest to the door, 302 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: which is always the busiest register no matter what. It's 303 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: the register that's dreaded by everyone. But you know, like 304 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: when you're going in, most of the time you go 305 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: to Register one. I sign in, I tell the customer 306 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: high Hi, Yeah, it just begins. I'm gonna be thirty nine. 307 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: My second day of work was chaotic, like even now, 308 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: customers will tell me like, how long have you been here? 309 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: And I'm like, oh, since the first stay of the 310 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: panic shopping because like it was just a lot. Like 311 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: I know grocery stores got busy because obviously I've been 312 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: to them, but I never saw anything like that where 313 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: I was ringing up like six hundred, three hundred, four 314 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: hundred freaking totals. I've never seen someone spend that much 315 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: on groceries. Like it was crazy to me, it was 316 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: kind of like a frenzy where people were just kind 317 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: of freaking out and they just kind of put me 318 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: on a register. And I felt really embarrassed by asking questions, 319 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: but also like I had to because a lot of 320 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: these people you could tell they would be pissed off 321 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: if I got one little thing wrong. And I think 322 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: a lot of the customers were skeptical about the fact 323 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: that I was new, so that was like an added 324 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: pressure because I was just trying to do my best 325 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: and it felt like they were just waiting for me 326 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: to mess up. But all in all, I think I 327 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: handled myself well, like compared to how irritated and annoyed 328 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 1: the customers were. They only see you as like a 329 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: means of getting their things, you know, Like it's clear 330 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: they don't really see you as a person. They just 331 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: see you as a worker. There's this one lady who's 332 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: like a regular use, an older white lady. So she 333 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: comes to my line this one time and I said hi, 334 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: and then she didn't say hi back. But I really 335 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: do I don't take it too personal because sometimes you 336 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: just don't hear, you know. I get that. But then 337 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: I ask her, oh, do you need any bags, and 338 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: she just ignored me again. So I asked it again 339 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: and she ignored me. And I know it was loud 340 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: at that time too, because like, I have a pretty 341 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: loud voice when I want it to be. So I 342 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: just like scanned all her stuff. She was so rude 343 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: the whole time. She could have acknowledged me at the 344 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: very least. Whenever I'm in a situation where I feel 345 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: kind of stressed out, I like to make physical changes 346 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: to myself. I feel like I get bored of looking 347 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: at the same person in the mirror. So I've done 348 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: three stick and poke tattoos on myself over the course 349 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: of this quarantine. I've bleached my hair twice. So the 350 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: stick in poke tattoo is like a needle going through 351 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: your skin each dot that you make, and then those 352 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: dots obviously formed the tattoo or the image you choose 353 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: to do. Last year, my aunt, my mom's favorite sister, 354 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: passed away in a car accident. Her name was Ugana, 355 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: and I grew up with her around. My aunt always 356 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: had tattoos. She always really liked butterflies too, so I 357 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: knew that I wanted to do a butterfly like in 358 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: her honor. I think she would have appreciated that. I 359 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: just felt like we had a lot of comment In 360 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 1: a way. I feel like we were both kind of 361 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: like the black sheep if our family, you know, we're like, 362 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: we're kind of just different in a way. She wasn't 363 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: as traditional as her siblings and my grandma and mam are, 364 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: so it was like refreshing to have that, like a 365 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: different perspective like the rest of my family members. This 366 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: has been my first experience with the passing of anyone 367 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: that was really close to me. My family's never been 368 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: very vocal, but I think for the first time in years, 369 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: we were all really close that week that she passed away, 370 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: we all got together. It's been a few months since 371 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: the pandemic started. Today is July fourth, and I actually 372 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: had the day off. I just feel like I'm a 373 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: lot more drained, obviously because I don't have Even though 374 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: school was tiring in his own I did still see 375 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: it as like an outlet because I had those classes 376 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 1: that I was genuinely interested in learning. I do miss learning, 377 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: and I miss like that sense of like people who 378 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: I actually got along with instead of people that I'm 379 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: forced interact with every day. You know, I just think 380 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: it's a sense of tiredness and exhaustion. But I'm grateful 381 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: that I can provide for my parents and sister, and 382 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: that I do. We do still have this place to 383 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: live under. One of their fears is definitely like me 384 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: dropping school. So I didn't want to like give them 385 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: any reason to, you know, because they'll still tell me now, 386 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: just because they know I don't like online classes, and 387 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,239 Speaker 1: they've asked me about next semester and how that's going 388 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: to go, and I've told them, like, well, if it's 389 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: only online, then I'd rather only take like one or 390 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: two classes. But they're still like scared that I'll just 391 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: leave it completely, which isn't like a plan of mine, obviously, 392 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: But I think they're just worried by August. I've always worked, 393 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: but I feel like I've never worked this hard or 394 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: like just been this tired from a job, like mentally 395 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: and physically. I think it's mostly like mentally draining because 396 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: of everything going on, even everything's super hard. I think 397 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: that's something that I keep reminding myself, this isn't even 398 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: as hard as it could be. I don't think they're 399 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: really like away of the fact that the semester is starting. 400 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: To my mom, the goal is just kind of to 401 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 1: finish graduating college in general, but I still have to 402 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: get like a job after, you know, with even if 403 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: I end up with whatever degree I choose to. She 404 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 1: just wants a degree, but I have to do something 405 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: with it for it to have been worthwhile. So I 406 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: think that's a lot of pressure, but I don't I 407 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: don't really know what to do so far yet. 408 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 3: All Right, So it's one twelve in the morning of 409 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 3: the first day of fall semester, and I'm registering for 410 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 3: my classes right now. I like mentioned it to my 411 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 3: coworker today that tomorrow was the first day of class, 412 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 3: and he was like, oh, how do you feel about it? 413 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: And I just kind of told him, well, I haven't 414 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 3: even signed up yet, so I've been kind of avoiding it. 415 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 3: I'm for sure only going to take one class. I think, 416 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 3: just like how overwhelmed I was by even trying to 417 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 3: search up classes really just ensured myself that I should 418 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 3: really just take the one class. My mom told me 419 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: that she wants to quit her night job, which is 420 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 3: like her biggest source of income, so that was something 421 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 3: that I didn't expect. But I'm glad for her because 422 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 3: they were expecting her to clean restrooms for the same 423 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 3: amount of pay that she was already getting. And she 424 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 3: herself was like, just because there's not a lot of 425 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 3: work right now, it doesn't mean I'm gonna just let 426 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 3: them take advantage of me. So I like that she 427 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 3: knows her worth. But yeah, I'm just a little bit 428 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 3: worried about the money situation. So I know that if 429 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 3: I took more classes, i'd be worried about my availability 430 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,479 Speaker 3: for work, as I know a lot of students right 431 00:25:54,480 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 3: now probably are juggling their schedule for online classes with 432 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 3: their you know, work schedules. Yeah, I just feel a 433 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 3: little tired, and by a little, I mean a lot. 434 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: Some days I'm drained from just talking to people that 435 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: go through my cashier line. But most days I think 436 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: about how my parents have been working their whole lives 437 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: and are always tired, and I don't want to be 438 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: a part of that cycle just repeat like minimum wage forever. 439 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: You know, I would hate to not be able to 440 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 1: rest and to not be able to give my parents 441 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: the rest that they deserve. I feel like that's the 442 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: reality for a lot of people, even though they're scared 443 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: to say, I'm scared that it could happen to me. 444 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: I would hate to stay at a grocery store forever. 445 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: I turned twenty this year, and I've been reflecting on 446 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: the value my parents put on education and all the 447 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: pressures I've been feeling. My mom and dad are both 448 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: from small towns, and they saw how people without an 449 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: AID education were treated differently in Mexico, with less respect. 450 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 1: Even though I've learned throughout the years that someone's education 451 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: shouldn't be a factor in how you treat them. I 452 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: definitely understand that they want the best for me, so 453 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: no one can look down on me. Their American dream 454 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: for me is and I've heard them say this so 455 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: many times that I don't struggle the way they did. 456 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: It took me all summer, but I finally registered for 457 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: one class newspaper. It was at the end of August, 458 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: the first day of the new semester. Seeing my el 459 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 1: down family again was really nice. I was able to 460 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 1: go on to Zoom and it was cool because there 461 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: was a lot more people than I expected there to be, 462 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: like a lot of returning people, which I was really 463 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: happy about. When I spoke to my advisor, Sarah, she 464 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: was very willing and understanding of the situation that I'm 465 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: going through right now. I've talked to her a lot 466 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: about like my personal struggles when it comes to finances, 467 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: and just like being an eldest daughter. It's it's different, 468 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: you know. I feel like there's a lot of pressure 469 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: on me at all times. As far as like my 470 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: future goes. I still definitely have no idea what career 471 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: I could choose that would be dependable and just reliable, 472 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: because I think if there's one thing that this whole 473 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: pandemic half year has taught me is that nothing is 474 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 1: really ever for sure. You know, nothing is ever really guaranteed. 475 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: My dad is back to working now. He's not full time, 476 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: but he's working at least three days a week. My 477 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: mom is also back to work. I know, if it 478 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: were up to my parents, I would quit my job 479 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: and I'd be going to school full time. But they 480 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: need me to work right now. It's like an unspoken agreement. 481 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 2: Our thanks to you, Kate for sharing your story with us. 482 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: Kate is currently a student at Santa Anna College and 483 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 2: a reporter with Santa Ana College is Award Winnings student 484 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 2: newspaper ELDN. This episode was produced by Jane Jamoca and 485 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 2: edited by Me and Massias and Andrea Lopez Rusavo. Special 486 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 2: thanks to Sarah Bennett, who's a media studies professor at 487 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 2: Santa Ana College. The Latino USA team includes Julieta Martinelli, 488 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 2: Alisa Escrce, Gini Montalbo, and Alejandra Sarressa, with help from 489 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 2: Marta Martinez and Raul Perees. Our engineers are Stephanie Lebau, 490 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 2: Julia Caruso and Leah Shaw, with help from Alishiba YouTube. 491 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 2: Our digital editor is Luis Luna. Our New York Women's 492 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 2: Foundation in Night fellow is Julia Rocha. Our interns are 493 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 2: Jimenel Serro, Emil Gros and gabrie La Bayez. Our theme 494 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: music was composed by Zerbinos. If you like the music 495 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 2: on this episode, stop by latinoo say dot org and 496 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 2: check out our weekly Spotify playlist. I'm your host and 497 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 2: executive producer Maria Jojosa. Join us again on our next 498 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 2: episode and in the meantime, look for us on all 499 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 2: of your social media and I'll see you there. Esta 500 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 2: Laproxima Joe. 501 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 4: Latino USA is made possible in part by California Endowment. 502 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 4: Building a strong State by improving the health of all Californians. 503 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 4: The Ford Foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines 504 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 4: of social change worldwide, and the John D. And Catherine T. 505 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 4: MacArthur Foundation. 506 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 2: I'm Maria Inojosa, next time on Latino USA. In the 507 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: late sixties, the civil rights movement was in full swing, 508 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 2: starting a national conversation about equal rights and protections. We 509 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 2: bring you the story of Richard Oakes, a founding leader 510 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 2: in the Red Power movement. That's next time on Latin Versay.