Latinos Care About Education, Yes, So We

As The First Hispanic Female Governor In History, Little Girls Often Come Up To Me In The Grocery Store Or The Mall. They Look And Point, And When They Get The Courage, They Ask 'are You Susana?' And They Run Up And Give Me A Hug.

Growing Up I Never Imagined A Little Girl From A Border Town Could One Day Become A Governor. But This Is America. In America Algo Es Possible.

I Fear Some Of Our Leaders Today Have Lost The Courage To Stand Up. What We Have Now Are Politicians. They Won't Offer Real Plans, And Only Stand Up When They Want To Blame Someone Else.

We Talked About Many Issues, Like Welfare, Is It The Way Of Life Or Hand Up? Talked About Size Of Government, How Much Should It Tax Families And Small Businesses? And When We Left That Lunch, We Got In The Car And I Looked Over At Chuck And Said, "i'll Be Damned. We're Republicans."

My Dad Was A Golden Gloves Boxer In The Marine Corps, Then A Deputy Sheriff. My Mom Worked As An Office Assistant.