Don't Let The Actions Of A Few

It Would Be Easy To Become A Victim Of Our Circumstances And Continue Feeling Sad, Scared Or Angry; Or Instead, We Could Choose To Deal With Injustice Humanely And Break The Chains Of Negative Thoughts And Energies, And Not Let Ourselves Sink Into It.

I Realized If You Can Change A Classroom, You Can Change A Community, And If You Change Enough Communities You Can Change The World.

Don't Let The Actions Of A Few Determine The Way You Feel About An Entire Group. Remember, Not All German's Were Nazis.

I Grew Up In A Very Progressive Family And With A Great Educational System, And I Asked Myself, 'why Doesn't Everybody Have These Opportunities For A Good Education? So Why Not Give Back To These Kids Who Didn't Grow Up With The Same Privileges I Had?

I Have Always Been Taught To Be Proud Of Being Latina, Proud Of Being Mexican, And I Was. I Was Probably More Proud Of Being A "label" Than Of Being A Human Being, That's The Way Most Of Us Were Taught.