what do i do? help us fight for justice, believe in equality. you can study up on the history of mexican-americans. how important are your roots to you? pretty important. i m ninth generation american. raw yeah i know. so my family was under five different flags without moving. and we still have the same land in texas. history s always been important in my family and how i grew up. my culture. i m as american as american pie. i didn t speak spanish until about two years ago. i had to learn it. you had to learn spanish. yeah. i learned french before i learned spanish. that was a waste of time, wasn t it? no! you know, learning other languages i think is very important. do you speak french? i speak a bit of french. [ speaking french ] the united states is the only
specific kael really keefing to someone from mexican-american desent. i love that word. you can be one. you can be honorary. what do i do? help us fight for justice, believe in equality. you can study up on the history of mexican-americans. how important are your roots to you? pretty important. i m ninth generation american. yeah, i know. so my family was under five different flags without moving. and we still have the same land today in texas. history s always been important in my family and how i grew up. my culture. i m as american as american pie. i didn t speak spanish until about two years ago. i had to learn it. you had to learn spanish. yeah. i learned french before i learned spanish. that was a waste of time, wasn t it? no! you know, learning other languages i think is very important. do you speak french? i speak a bit of french. you have to speak french. [ speaking french ]
science. what are the chicano studies? mostly the mexican-american movement that has happened in the united states and the history of mexican-americans, of all latinos but chicano is specifically really keefing to someone from mexican-american descent. i love that word. you can be one. you can be honorary. what do i do? help us fight for justice, believe in equality. you can study up on the history of mexican-americans. how important are your roots to you? pretty important. i m ninth generation american. yeah, i know. so my family was under five different flags without moving. and we still have the same land today in texas. history s always been important in my family and how i grew up. my culture. i m as american as american pie. i didn t speak spanish until about two years ago. i had to learn it. you had to learn spanish. yeah. i learned french before i learned spanish. that was a waste of time, wasn t it?
that s your first thing, your day job? yeah. the rest is kind of the rest is like my passion and my interests. yeah. what really rocks your boat these days? what s the thing that really excites you? that excites me? yeah. school. i m getting my masters right now and i love it. i wish i was this student when i was young, when you re older you have a better appreciation for history or for knowledge. i just am so thirsty and curious. i think that s probably what i m most energized about these days. what are you actually studying? chicano studies and political science. what are the chicano studies? mostly the mexican-american movement that has happened in the united states and the history of mexican-americans, of all latinos but chicano is
movement in the united states, the history of allah teen knows but specifically chicano is usually referring to someone from mexican-american descent. i love that word you can be one. you can be honorary. what do i do? help us fight for justice, believe in equality. you can study up on the history of mexican-americans. how important are your roots to you? pretty important. i m ninth generation american. raw yeah i know. so my family was under five different flags without moving. and we still have the same land in texas. history s always been important in my family and how i grew up. my culture. i m as american as american pie. i didn t speak spanish until about two years ago. i had to learn it. you had to learn spanish. yeah. i learned french before i learned spanish. that was a waste of time, wasn t it? no! you know, learning other