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A new Friday feature on VL, Word en la Calle lets everyday Latinos voice their thoughts and opinions on topics of interest to the community.

Name:
Monica Chavez

Age:
28

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Profession:
Student Services

Roots:
Mexican-American born in San Francisco. Mom and Dad
from Mexico (Jalisco and Guanajuato, respectively)

Languages:
English and Spanish.

What does it mean to you to be Latino?
Being Latino means being proud and knowledgable of the
fact that you are part of something greater than you.
It means being connected to millions of people inside
and outside the US. It’s a duality, the American me
and the Latino me.

Will there ever be a Latino president? Is that important? Why?
Eventually, but not in my lifetime. I think we’ll have to wait for a
women to become president first and I don’t mean on TV. It took
until the 1920’s for women to be able to even vote so we’ve got a
ways to go. I thinks it’s important to get someone who can do the
job well. If that person were Latino then it would be that much
better.

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