As time passed, my journey took me to Talent, Oregon in July of 2002. I was looking for a slower paced environment to raise my three active sons. When I had arrived, I felt like Talent was a Hallmark picture perfect place, only to find out that something dark was hidden. I remember walking up one sunny morning, I looked outside and on my lawn there was a white sheet that read “Wetbacks must be bled like rodents, -White Supreme forever. ” I was shocked. I was scared. I had never experienced something like this back home. My first instinct was to pack my bags and go back home to California but deep down I knew that this was no coincidence, this ugly message on my lawn was a call, and since then I have been an activist and a community organizer for the past 15 years in Jackson County. My decision to not run away, put me in my life’s work and I found my voice in La Lucha for Justice (The fight for justice). I am proud to be the Regional Director of Unite Oregon and as I work with younger women, I look forward to mentoring and passing along the torch so that they can continue the fight for a better world where we can all be part of. I thank all the strong women who came before me who have prepared me.