“This is me when I went to Washington, DC. And I'm standing in front of the Supreme Court, my favorite branch of government. And this picture means a lot to me, because when I showed my mom the picture, she was asking me, if that was the place where we were supposed to go for our immigration hearings. And at first, you know, I laughed and I was like, No, Mom, that's the Supreme Court when a lot of like important national cases are held. I was proud of myself. Because I felt that that picture represents our journey. You know, when we came from Mexico, and we were fighting here, and we have an immigration hearing. And I know our immigration career is not as important as the cases that are held in the Supreme Court, but it just represents this opportunity that we have here in the country to fight for our rights and fight for what we think we should be in this country. And you know, being in front of the Supreme Court is just a way to show that we're still fighting. 

“I think civics is so important because it gives hope to people that we actually can make changes in our society. Sometimes people are hopeless—they think that our society is just the way it is because we don't have power to make any impact in our government. But we do, we do have power. And I think that young people especially can start engaging in different activities to share a problem that they think is affecting them. I think civics education gives hope to our communities, especially minority communities, that we can make some change in our government, even if you're not a USA citizen, even if you can’t vote, you still can make changes. I'm not able to vote, I wish I could vote. But unfortunately, that's not the status that I have. But I'm still able to make some changes to my community, especially if I keep sharing my story.”