On behalf of our family here at HLE we want to wish y'all a safe and happy Christmas. As always here our the resources for today Podcast:  https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/colombia.shtml https://www.colombia.co/en/colombia-culture/folklore/five-ways-celebrate-christmas-colombia/ HLE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hispanic-LatinX-Empowered-105573941414394 Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajwolflover HLE Email: [email protected] Thank your listening, if you want to suggest topic ideas please email them to us. Thank you :)

This episode we will talk about a News article from the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html also talking about the Census Population: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/daca-reinstated.html Thank you for tuning in follow us at : HLE FB: https://www.facebook.com/Hispanic-LatinX-Empowered-105573941414394 HLE Email: [email protected] Andrea Bejarano-Robinson Twitter: @ajwolflover

Transcript:  Hello my name is Andrea Bejarano-Robinson I was adopted in 1984 from Colombia, South America I have been married to my husband since May of 2005 We have 4 boys. My husband is a man who was born in Minnesota. Typical Mid Class American family. I grew up with a Mid Class American out look but certain aspects of my pre adoption years still creep in. I have a brother who was adopted from Florida. He has a son and lives in Minnesota Our adopted Mother always taught us that “As people with Disabilities we must not wait to be asked to be at the table but we must insist on it.” I have added that “Women, People of Latin Decent ab\nd Disability Communities need to push there greater communities to be more more Diverse and must want to be as Inclusive as possible” So I have ran for Public Office 3x and in 2 states. All 3 times I want to say I changed how folks view Immigrants, Women and those of us with disability. I have a wish to empower Latin Folks to take leadership position in all levels of Government and Organizations. This Podcast will concentrate on Hispanic LatinX Empowement. So if you from our community or your our alley we welcome you to listen and even co host a topic, or bring us topics you want us to dive into. Thank you and subscribe so you get notified when our Podcast is live. Share it with your community leaders.