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you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were yo ....
As women of colour. but i m interested and curious in, in all the different versions of that unexpressed experience. and i think for women and for women of colour and underrepresented communities, there is so much expansion that should and can and needs to happen for our own artistic and creative expression that just there has not been room for. and so when we get to kind of push a boundary further and further and further and see versions of ourselves that we ve never gotten to see expressed in the culture, it feels like a win, it feels like victory, it feels like catharsis and also like validation. like, yes, i too am here and have this experience of life. feminism. feminism takes on many different fights. which one is yours? i think for me, in my own ....