- I'm Latino but I'm not a criminal.
- I'm Latina but I'm not spicy.
- I'm Latino, but I'm not stealing your jobs.
- But I'm not a drug dealer.
- But I'm not lazy.
- But I don't put up with machisma.
- But I don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
- I'm Latina but I'm not Mexican.
We're not all Mexican.
- I'm Latino and I'm a creative artist.
- I'm Latina and I love books.
- I'm Latino and I'm Tejano.
- And I have a master's degree.
- And I love Lady Gaga.
- And I read comic books.
- And I am a geek.
- And I like to drink Coronas.
- And I love spicy food.
- And I'm often mistaken for a gringa.
- And I'm a social justice activist.
- And I'm a feminist.
- I'm a Latino and I'm American.
- I'm Latina and I'm an American.
- Growing up in my house,
you grew up knowing that you were human.
You never really considered yourself Mexican,
you just were.
- Music and food were a big part
of my life growing up.
- You walk into my house
and it smells like frijole negro.
And then you hear Sabado Gigante
playing in the background.
- We would always have those calendars
from the panaderia
hanging up in our kitchen.
- My mom loved to cook with chiles.
It would smoke up the entire house.
But at the end of the day,
you had some bomb-ass chiles rellenos.
- When you're at home you're in El Salvador
and when you walk out that door,
you're in America.
So you get a little bit of both.
- Being Latino to me means
being really close with my family.
Sundays were for going on walks
and hanging out
with your immediate family.
- For me to be Latino means
having history.
- Even though I wasn't taught at school
my Dad made sure that we knew the history of Mexico.
- People would always talk about like
what it was like,
their memories of Cuba.
- Being Latino's complicated.
On one hand I'm Mexican,
on the other hand I'm American.
Ni soy de aqui, ni soy de alla.
- Every milestone I made
wasn't about being the Latina who did this,
it was about being Allie.
- No one word could describe all of us.
- We are a very beautiful, diverse community
of people.
- You just kinda have to grow up and learn
that there are more people in the world
ready to embrace you.
- There's immigrants in the past
and there'll be immigrants in the future.
Everyone deserves a shot, and it's our time now.
- I'm Latina and I would never
want to be anything else.