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This Monday @4:20, Ramon and Vlad go straight to the Boulevard with Maria Hinojosa, anchor & executive producer for NPR\u2019s Latino USA and author of \u201cOnce I Was You,\u201d to take us through her journey from Mexico to being the first Latinx journalist in a CNN newsroom.\n\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\nShe discusses the need for positive representation of the Latinx community in media and talks about how she founded The Futuro Media Group to bring awareness to stories that affect communities of color.\n\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\U0001f4a8\nShe also has a chance to reflect on some of her experiences adjusting to the States and how she sees herself in the current stories of people going through the immigration process. And of course we get into Maria's adventures with the cannabis plant, as she comes out of the Weed closet in her newest book \u201cOnce I Was You.\u201d