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He role in the campaign:
"I'm now working in Pennsylvania. I'm leading our millennial outreach and organizing efforts, everything from communicating with our organizations that are engaged with the generation, sharing information with them about what it is Hillary is doing, and overseeing a team who has been creating resources supporting our colleagues in the states as they are creating campus engagement efforts."
Her story:
"I am fouth-generation Chicana, and I'm half — my father's family is Mexican-American. I was born in Bakersfield, CA, known as a pretty conservative place, which I am not at all. We've been in the US for about 100 years. A large chunk of them came during the revolution, and they are my everything. I didn't grow up speaking Spanish. But at the same time, I was raised to be very proud of my culture. My father doesn't speak Spanish, but he worked with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce foundation, volunteering his time there. My grandfather is a Korean War vet, my great-uncle fought in D-Day."
How she stays connected to her Mexican roots on long campaign days:
"I have a picture wall of my family; they are the reminder of who I'm fighting for and why I'm here. I continue to rock my camisetas típicas here in Philadelphia. It's little things; like I ordered another order of Vero Mango paletas that I'm sharing with the team. Music for me is also really important, so when I'm taking the train into work, I'm starting to get hyped by listening to J Balvin. As someone who is new to Philadelphia, it helps to make this place home, which is really important if you're grinding in the hours that we're grinding."