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Candidate for NYS Senate Jessica Ramos - the \u201cproud daughter of immigrants\u201d, and the former Director of Latino Media for the City of New York joins the Immigration MIC podcast! (Catch the full episode on iTunes, SoundCloud, and YouTube today!) \n\n\U0001f535 Jessica is Colombian-American, born and raised in Elmhurst, and grew up in Astoria, and is currently raising her family in the neighborhoods she grew up in, such as Jackson Heights.\n\n\U0001f534 Jessica\u2019s work with immigrant communities began as a young girl, hosting a radio show teaching Spanish and history to young Colombian-Americans to help preserve their heritage. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f She tells us her parent\u2019s immigration stories, and how her parents both faced challenges as undocumented immigrants at the time \u2014 which makes the current political moment very personal for her. \n\n\U0001f535 When she was younger, her father was arrested as part of a immigration workplace raid in New Jersey and held in a detention center \u2014 an experience that impacts her with news of family separations at the border. \n\n\U0001f534 \u201cNo matter how progressive city government is, if Albany doesn\u2019t get it together, the city can only do so much\u201d \u2014 on why she left city government to run for NYS State Senate. (Driver\u2019s licenses, ICE raids, NYDREAMAct) \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f Jessica is part of an important moment of nationwide progressive candidates running for office in the midterms \u2014 it\u2019s a shared vision to taking on issues like the #MTA, the education crisis, immigrant and workers rights. \n\n\U0001f535 \u201cHe\u2019s the only one that did it after Trump was inaugurated \u2014 so you\u2019re complicit!\u201d \u2014 she breaks down for us why it\u2019s important to have new leadership in her district and in Albany, and her motivation to unseat her opponent. \n\n\U0001f534 Jessica leaves us with an INCREDIBLE message that you NEED to hear: an inspiring message on the importance of political engagement, running for office, and advocating for basic human rights. \n\nThis episode is followed by a fifteen minute Spanish segment! (begins at 39:00) \n\n\xa1La candidata para el Senado de Nueva York, Jessica Ramos, se une a nosotros para un segmento de 15 minutos en espa\xf1ol en el podcast Immigration MIC! Habla de su carrera, las historias de inmigraci\xf3n de sus padres y c\xf3mo los desaf\xedos que enfrentaron inspiraron su trabajo, las razones que se lanzo para representar a las comunidades en las que creci\xf3, y la importancia de hacer un cambio al liderazgo en Albany para reflejar el comunidades a las que sirven (el episodio comienza a las 39:00) - disponible en iTunes, YouTube y SoundCloud: \xa1haga clic en el enlace!