hello and welcome to communidad del valle. welcome to the hispanic foundation of silicon valley here on your communidad valle. >> nbc bay area presents communidad del valle. >> we begin today with the organization that puts this event together, the hispanic foundation ball with me on communidad del valle. welcome back to the show, mayor. >> thanks for inviting me back. >> it's always one the highlights, not only of the latino community, but of every community. >> this is the event.

>> i can say that much. i know that from other people from the hotel convention business. they have told us that the hispanic foundation now in its 25th year is one of the biggest non-profit events in silicon valley in the entire year. so it is the place to be, it's a great time, had by all, and it's a great fundraiser for our foundation work. >> and we'll meet the members, the family out of redwood city in just a bit. what can you tell us about it? >> the family is a special family, this one is special because in the first time in 25 year history of giving the la familia foundation out. this is the first from san mateo county. they're very involved in the community, and many people here in santa clara county may not know that redwood city has a very large hispanic population. we're delighted to be serving that community now for the last couple of years, our foundation

has, and some of our education programs. >> i've said this at some of the dinners, you feel like you do a lot with the community, you're out there all the time, but then you look at their resume and see what the family has accomplished and you feel like they're not doing enough. >> the reason is it's given for volunteerism. these families are involved beyond their jobs. and of course, in many cases, their jobs are in the community also. but they go above and beyond that. they're out in the community saturday, sundays, evenings, doing great work for our community. >> this is a highlight of the hispanic foundation of silicon valley, we're looking at the conventions and conferences you've had. you've devilled into issues within the latino community, and you got right into them. >> we have, our big three pillar priorities, youth and education, specifically increasing educational opportunities for latino students and science technology engineering, and math. we need to have more latinos coming out of college with the types of degrees that we need

here in silicon valley. while we represent 25% of the general population, we represent less than 3% of the high-tech work force. we're trying to correct that by getting more latinos into the science technology engineering math fields in college. that's our number one priority. our second priority is leadership development. we train latinos who to serve on non-profit boards of directors here in the bay area. and last area is this area of convenient engaging the hispanic community around some of the research we've done about our own community here in silicon valley. >> nobody was doing it, and following through with a year as far as we have done what we said we need to do. your agency is doing that. >> you know, we always see these reports on a national scale, sometimes on a state scale. very seldom do we see data about the what are first and fore manchester on their mind? what types of solutions arise

that they want to see us take on? and we've done that. this past year, completed the community engagement project where we surveyed over 2100 latinos in santa clara and san mateo counties. i think it's fair to say, based on the data that we have there's no organization that knows better how first particularly first generation hispanic immigrants think and want in their communities than we do. >> and you don't just release the data. you hold round table sessions, you discuss the data and going forward, what do we do next? >> exactly, and that data and chose studies and surveys led us to the research we're currently doing around our next big initiative. we can't talk about it yet because wave lot of research. >> right here. >> wrooel break it -- we'll break it here. we'll have a special program. we're excited about the possibility of a new commuting initiative around education and college and hispanics getting to college. we're doing a lot of research on that now. >> this is non-stop. >> again the hispanic

foundation, they put on the ball. used to be known as the hispanic charity ball. there's the information on your screen. log on for more information, tickets are almost gone, if not already. but log on anyway. find out what fascinating things are going on. we'll speak more with the former mayor when we continue, stay with us.

we're back here talking the hispanic foundation of silicon valley. former san jose mayor ron gonzalez. now you've, you have a new member of your board, and it's a big deal. >> it is. we have an excellent board of directors, over the five years that i've been with the foundation, we worked very hard to add members to our board who can bring both, you know, expertise from the business community, from the community at large, understand the role of a board member, and more recently, we are delighted that reid hey stings has joined our board of directors and is looking very much forward to being very

engaged in our foundation's work. in fact, he has stepped forward and is going to be the presenting sponsor for this year's hispanic charity ball. >> we have video of mr. hastings actually, this automatically adds more prestige to a classy organization. >> the great thing is mr. hastings came to us, he was interested in working with our foundation, and serving on our board of directors, and i think that bodes well, not just for our foundation, but the entire hispanic community, because you don't have to be hispanic to be on our board of directors. what we're looking for, people who want to bring their resources, their role dexs, their contacts, their species to bear on the issues that effect the hispanic community. it is about improving the quality of life for latinos in silicon valley. anyone is lock it join us in the work. >> you mention the round table sessions. >> from people who want to see

the data and do something about it. >> i think the wonderful thing is they want to be engaged. they have to be invited. they have to be invited to the table. they have to be invited to the meetings, and once they're at the community, they feel there's a purpose to that meeting. they'll be engaged and the results for our work are better off because of their engagement. >> now in the past, the hispanic foundations, the monetary grounds to nonprofits when you still do. since you came on board, you've taken in that different direction, you've elevated the status and taken the bull by the horns as far as finding out what ims our community, what are we doing good and where do we need to improve? it doesn't take a rocket science to understand what our community is concerned about. our voices of change report which we just released in july of this year and can be doubled from our website, specifically says that of all those 2100

hispanics we survey, their number one concern is education. it is education. and then we kind of okay, if that's the concern, what do you see as the number one solution? and not surprisingly, we have to have more vours resources after school for our children. there's, you know, good schools, there's bad schools, but we know that whether you're in a good school or bad school, you need more resources after school. this is why we're looking at some of these new projects in the area of education for our families and for our children. >> this is maybe something you were not able to do as mayor of the tenth large ers city in the country, do you miss elected office? >> you know, there's part of it i miss. certainly, i certainly don't miss council meetings. and that was not because of the public, it was more because of, you know, the politicians who like to hear themselves talk. but, you know, certainly i miss parts of the interaction with the community, it is a much larger scale. now the wonderful thing about this job, it allows know stay engaged, it's not 24/7, and

after i personal time and personal life, and it's a very nice balance, but you know, mistake, no mistake about it, being the mayor of san jose, the tenth largest city was by far the best job i ever had. >> do you, in a nutshell, do you think the latino community in the silicon valley sen gauged or do we need to do more? >> we need to do more. and we know that as much as we get people engaged, we have a lot more engagement to take place. there are thousands, hundreds of thousands, you know, you have to understand that the hispanic community and both the counties, about 650,000 people, that's a lot of people. we find that many families are engaged in his community organizations, little league coaches like yourself, those types of things which are great. now we have to get them involved beyond that. but relates to the broad er coalition. >> it is coming up on november

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they are the reaccept -- recipients. gill and jacky goouzman, part of this large and beautiful family that are receiving this great award built hispanic foundation of silicon valley. congratulations. >> thank you. >> your reaction. you've been on the show before, jackie as the president of the latina coalition. your reaction. >> i was extremely honored. i know that it was my latina coalition sisters who nominated my family for the award. and when they told me, they're the ones who broke the news, i was so grateful to them for feeling that my family was worthy of this award, also very

proud of all of my family's accomplishments. i was really happy. and excited to tell them. >> oh, i bet. gill, you're a school teacher in redwood city. >> yes. >> your reaction. >> a bit of everything, i think i was definitely excited and proud of my family, but i was kind of embarrassed, it's not -- all of my family to be recognized, but yeah, i was very excited and proud of my family. >> how much does humility play a role? >> i don't know probably. >> a little bit. >> we have some video of some old family pictures and what not of your family. tell us about your family. because you have two more sisters and mom and dad, of course. >> yes. so my mom and dad, they grew up and married and had my siblings. and they immigrated here in 1979. i was actually the only one that was born here in the united states. and like most families, latina

families, they came here because they wanted to give their kids a better education, a better shot at life. and so, i'm so grate to feel my parents because they were so supportive of us and always emphasized the need to get a good education in order to get ahead. but, also the importance of gives back to your community because when my family came here, we came with nothing. and it was the community that embraced them and helped them out and helped them learn the ropes and get ahead. and it always felt like it was our duty in, you know, with privilege comes responsibility. and now that we have an education, it is our responsibility to go back and give back to our community and ensure that others are also getting an education and making sure that our community thrives. >> and right now you're the acting hr head at the city of cooper tee know? >> acting manager.

yeah. >> and gill, you're a school teacher there, fifth grade in redwood city. one of your sisters, i think, when we did the interview said what she loved, when your dad would come home from work, you would run and take off his boots, and your sister, i think, would love to sit on his lap and take in the smell of his sweat. the smell of hard work. was that what it was like. >> yeah, definitely. and i think we would fight over taking off his boots and who would take it, his feet were swollen, the strongest one would do. . but yeah, definitely i think hard work was definitely a big part of my mom and my dad, something they really taught us. and something they expected from us. and i think that's something that helped us a lot through school and just throughout life. >> and jackie, your mom is here, she's doing the telemundo version, how grateful are you for the woman that's sitting on the other side of the camera? >> eternally grateful. my mother gave us all the love that she could give us and more.

she would work six days a week, get home really late, make sure we all had a home cooked meal and make sure we had dinner together because she, family was always so important. we always had to have dinner together. and we would maybe go out once a week, but we were always together. and no matter what she made sure that we knew that we were important, that we were smart and, you know, she had high expectations for us. but she was always there for us if things didn't go our way. >> and gill, you all grew up as a close knit family and you've remains so close. your gather ergs are weekly. >> yes, we're very close, i think, you know, we're all fighting when we were kids, once we got a certain age, it's just like -- >> you were outnumbered, three girls to one. >> definitely -- >> he's the boy. >> yeah, and i was a boy, i could do whatever i wanted.

my friend. but most definitely very close. we're very supportive of each other and a lot of family is in education so we help each other with that. and even my sister who is not in education, she helps out teaching dance classes to our kids or going to do interviews with our students. we're supportive in that way, my parents as well. anything we need, pretty much, i can always count on them for it. school, life, anything. >> we'll talk about community service in our next segment, but jackie, familia, a lot of families nowadays are broken, we see the crime that's happening. how much of that do you think has to do with the fact that maybe there isn't a familia aspect at home for some of these kids to come home to? >> i think it's a really big factor. i think kids, when they're growing up, they need to feel loved, and like they belong to something. and i really got that from my family.

i knew i was a guzman and i knew i belonged. even though we fought and i knew i was a part of this family and it was important that, i felt important, i felt loved, and that gives you confidence. and it makes you feel, yeah, i can do the things that i want to do because it's not just me doing it alone. i have the backing of my family. a lot of kids, unfortunately, they don't have that. and i'm very graftful that i had -- grateful that i had a family with, you know, my father and my mother and my siblings, but also a family that was very supportive of me as a person and developing, and of all of us. my brother said, we're always very supportive of each other, and, you know, whenever i need something, i know that i have, you know, six people to call. >> family that came to this country, virtually with nothing, now they didn't settle for a bachelor's degree, they got their masters and teaching

credentials. the guzman family will be honored at the ball on november 1st. we'll be back to talk more about community service when we continue here. stay with us. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪

we're back here with la fa mia, the family of the year by the hispanic foundation. a lot of people feel that their lives are 9:00 to 5, they go to works, come home, and that's. it does not end with the camera light goes off, it's when your work barely begins. there's so much work to do out there. to each his own. if you choose not to volunteer, that's your prerogative. your take on that, your job is not when the school bell rings at 3:00 or 2:50 or whatever it is, you continue to teach and to help beyond that. >> yeah, definitely. i think there's a big need in our community for a lot of extra support outside of the school.

within the school, and there was just something i always had for my family with support, not necessarily from schools or other people, there was a lot of things that i wish i had that i didn't. now that i have the opportunity to give that to other students, i think it's my duty to do that. >> uh-huh. if you need a body guard out there, guzman knows jew i did the sue, he teaches it, but it's not just about the sport, the discipline, you take it beyond. tell what you say you're teaching kids by teaching them that. >> so, well al few years ago, we wanted to start a program at my school. and my sister lupa, she helped me write a grant, we got uniforms, mats to do that. we thought it was important because kids wanted and needed something to do after school. and two, a lot of our boys, and girls sometimes they have a lot of energy and aggression that they need to get out and channel certain ways. so i think it was a way to be

able to do that. and what we found out through doing that program is it really helps them get confidence, students that are, that don't have a lot of self-confidence, they're creating great amount of confidence, teaching them hard work, because it's hard, and then they go out and compete and give themselves a sense of pride if they win or don't. now on the other aspect, you have our community kids think they're tough and that's what they want to strive to. they think they're tough and small kids will they can them and a lot of them are like, whoa, ego. then they learn humility too. you're not always going to be tough, not always because you talk you're going to be tough. that's a good aspect to, balancing them out -- >> that's awesome. jackie, tell me about your two sisters. >> lupa, our older sister, she is the vice principal of ken dir middle school, and lupa is the one that kind of started it all by being the first one to go to

a private school in high school, and then go to college, and then she went into teaching and took my siblingings into the teaching, at one point i was in education policy and she started this. and you know, she's amazing. i think as one of her first years teaching, and when she got my brother in, they started a book drive. she's always been out there working for the community, and it started even when we were kid, it was my sister who, if there was any form that needed to fill out, of course she'd help my uncles and anybody because she was the oldest and shee knew english. she was smart. it was expected of her that she was going to help everybody, and she just did. and she continued that work even after she graduated college. >> you have another sister. >> yes, she is a behavioral specialists.

so she works with, with kids and teachers and parents to help with behavior management. so we know that in our community, a lot of, a lot of parents are children themselves. and they didn't necessarily have good models of how to be great parents and how to have good discipline with their kids. and so, my sister gives them tools and resources to help them out. my sister's also really, will have involved with her church. so her and her husband run a lot of youth groups, family groups, and they help a lot of families -- >> they teach cat schism to kids with special needs. >> my mom was that for 25 years. over 25 years. and my sister followed in her footsteps, and she's been a teacher if close to ten years

now. and because she has, she has a credential with teaching special education kids, that's what she focuses on in her catechism, because there just is no catechism teacher that has those tool zplps you don't think of that. >> she provides the kids with special needs with that ability to be able to learn about survival and get prepared to do their first communion. >> congratulations once again. the family being honored as the family of the year at la familia at the hispanic foundation ball in downtown san jose. any final thoughts before we leave? >> i don't know, i'm just happy and glad my family got there, and i'm proud of them, and let's get other families to do it and other people, members to do it, and that's one thing i always teach my students. they're getting a lot of stuff. from other people, and always tell them when they get older,

do the same. be mentors for spark or do things like that. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> and now here's what's happening in your communidad. celebrating a special day at communidad.

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