Ornelas-Perez, Carmen; Jacquez, Erica (friend, friend). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-24T14:30:00

1:00 CP recalls the sense of community felt in East LA while she was growing up and shares from neighborhood anecdotes.

5:00 CP talks about segregation in the local public pool: Latino children could only use the pool on certain days of the week. This blatant injustice stuck with CP.

10:09 CP discusses her forray into Democratic Party politics. Winning office within party in an upset.

17:45 CP discusses being a woman in the Long Beach Port Commission. Personal experience: not being acknowledged of having her questions answered by Chinese officials during a business trip, making herself heard.

22:12 CP discusses why she never ran for public office: she wanted to dedicate time to her children.

29:15 CP urges EJ (and women in general) to be tough when entering politics: "Be a royal 'B' [bitch]. "

33:35 CP tells EJ what advice she would give a younger version of herself: get a doctorate, become as educated as possible.