ANGELICA DUEÑAS, MOTHER, WIFE, ACTIVIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. BORN AND RAISED IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. RAISING FIVE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND LAUSD SCHOOLS. BA, IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. MA, IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP. ACCEPTS ZERO CORPORATE MONEY SO SHE IS BEHOLDEN TO THE PEOPLE AND NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS.
At a time when our civil rights are under attack by a conservative government and the Supreme Court, we must ALL stand united ready to resist and to fight back against any form of oppression, bigotry, xenophobia, sexism, or racism. We must realize that our strengths and what makes America great is our diversity, our culture, and our differences. To be able to be the most diverse country on Earth is why we are the wealthiest and most industrialized nation on earth. We must treat each other with respect, compassion, and with dignity regardless of the color of one's skin, their gender identity, who they love, or what faith someone practices. We cannot go back towards the days of segregation and a life based on fear, we must only move forward.