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Their retention. that's why it's important institutions are considering their overall campus climate, their representation of latino faculty and staff and also the programs and resources they have to support latino students in their transition into college. >> already. this has been a fascinating conversation. thank you have much. best wishes to you in your future, miranda. coming up next, my friend actor john whether egamos checks in on his take on what it's like to be latino in the usa? he drops history along the way. benny blanco from the brooks, that's up next. stay tuned. brooks, that's u...

Of complaining. it's really being co-creators this our representation and being present so that we to get a richer representation, a more true representation. >> i think that's key what you said, being co-creators is key to addressing this representation. thank you so much, vanessa rubio and congressman joaquin castro. vanessa rubio, that premiers december 31st. you have a cult following. a lot of people are going to be looking for that. stay tuned. after the break, we're spotlighting the experiences of some good, some bad, and the -- we have prompter challenges here. i've got to two fabulous ...

Voices who tell the kind of stories you don't hear on the news. for this week's essay i the mic over to my friend, clom yan and actor, john leg sa know. >> i want to prove to you that being latinx is a super power. how about this, that myth that we latinx people just got here somehow is bs. we are the oldest ethnic group in america after native americans of course, and we've also been the largest ethnic group since. the spanish discovered america, well, truthfully we native americans discovered columbus lost at sea, and columbus was on a spanish boat and spoke spanish. latinx's, we're indigeno...

But even behind the camera? >> a lot. and hi, representative castro, thank you for, you know, the report and reporting on these numbers. sometimes you don't know there's a problem until you see the numbers. for me as an actor just being on set, there are little nuances that we need to build awareness of. you know, as a character, how am i being lit? how am i being dressed? what am i saying? are there latino writers in the writer's room, things like that. >> i think that's a really good point. you know, representation matters in front of and behind the camera, to vanessa's point. we have a lack...