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Welcome Latinx advocate @paoramos to the new Immigration MIC: Vote 2020 series!\n\nHere are some of the things we talk about in this episode: \n\n\U0001f535 Her family\u2019s story has inspired her work throughout her life; her father @jorgeramosnews leaving Mexico to be able to practice journalism, and her mother and her family leaving Cuba because Paola\u2019s grandfather was a political prisoner. \n\n\U0001f534 Growing up in Spain, how protesting and political organizing was a part of the culture, and how her trips to see her father in Miami were all a part of forming her identity. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f She talks about working in Washington DC, how she came to work for the Biden family, and later for the Obama White House, and the idealism that came with those experiences. \n\n\U0001f535 How unlikely courses at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government led her to wanting to pursue communications, working in her next position for the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign. \n\n\U0001f534 She takes us through some of her personal reflections of the campaign, how Trump running for President was initially \u201ca gift\u201d, the night they lost the election, and the powerful moments shared seeing Hillary Clinton speak the morning after. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f Her insights as to what is needed from political campaigns in 2020 to win back the White House: \u201cyou have to cut through all the noise.\u201d \n\n\U0001f535 Her current work with VICE producing content exploring the \u201cLatinx\u201d identity, which has allowed her to explore an emerging HIV epidemic in Texas, and get first hand perspective of what the refugee population is experiencing at the southern border. \n\nAnd much more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, and leave a review letting us know what your thought\u2019s on Paola\u2019s experiences are!