hassell's jesse esparza, who is anociate professor and interim chair of the of history at texas souernn houston. his area of eertise is on the history of latinos. the united states ehasize, the civil rights activism. dr. esparza'scr latino autonomy in a west texas borderlands town, was published by the university of oklahoma press as part of their new direction s.a. history series. it has already received two book yes.ds, two and countiri so the 2024 outstanding book award, the texas association of chicanos in higher education or and the 2020 for texas foco nonfiction book award by the national association, chicana and chicano studies or knox. texas and civilhes rights history. he received his b.a. an's degret texas state university and a .d from university of houston. so if y'all wi and welcoming the good thank you. thank you. i appreciate the invitation. and i appreciate the space to talk about suchn work and such an important community. so thank you. so i know this is i mtioned my personal experience, right and connected in my my dad's mentioned the book. i want to do one thing and