Her role in the campaign:
"I run the translation program for the digital team. I also write for the blog, both in English and in Spanish. I also run social media in Spanish."
Her story:
"I'm a first-generation American, and my dad is from Uruguay. I grew up with my grandparents literally in the house next door. I am very bicultural and I am very much used to having a lot of Uruguayan influence. My mom became a citizen recently. She's really excited to vote. My dad has not become a citizen yet. We'll see. He is holding onto his Uruguayan citizenship."
Why she became involved in the campaign:
"I've been in politics for almost 10 years now. I have a younger sister who has a tough disease, and her medications cost $29,000 a month. Because it's a really rare disease, there is a company called Valeant Pharmaceuticals that bought the rights to the medication. They price-gouged my family. For me, the defining moment of the campaign was when Hillary was backstage and a woman who had had the same experience as my family told her about it in a letter. Hillary has been on the front line of the healthcare fight for decades, so she was appalled. Hillary read this letter and then got on stage and totally called them out. I was like, this is why I am here."
How she stays connected to her Latino roots on long campaign days:
"I started cena club. It came about last year, as the Latinos in the team grew in numbers, I just sent out an email. I was in the mood to do a no-frills roof BBQ in Brooklyn. We all got together and did this crazy awesome potluck. Now we do it regularly. It's also open to everyone and anybody, not just Latinos, of course. We've gone to a few different places: a Uruguayan place, a Colombian place, a Haitian place. It's about taking a second to get all of us in a room and chat over food. It's cool to have the opportunity to get to know each other in a social setting."
"Especially this past year, it's so insane to listen to Donald Trump directly attack our people. This is a safe space where all of us can get together and say 'This is so horrific and a direct attack on us and our families and our communities.'"
