damian trujillo: hello, and welcome to "comunidad del valle." i'm damian trujillo, and we're sending our kids to space today on your "comunidad del valle." ♪♪♪ damian: and we begin with the launch of our kids into space. with me is dr. hilaria bauer, the superintendent of the alum rock school district; and also jonathan natividad, the principal at the hubbard academy, one of the schools in alum rock here in san jose. welcome to the show, folks. hilaria bauer: how are you? nice to be here. damian: nice to have you both on the show. this is great. i received the images of these children in your district

launching into space virtually. we're going to show those images, but, doctora, talk about this partnership with nasa that you have that is really taking education to the next level. hilaria: so we have had a partnership with nasa for the past 6 years, and it's usually a nasa night where a lot of--it started very small, with a couple of presentations in our district--in our district schools, and now it has evolved into a month-long and more partnership where we are exposing our local students to the possibility of careers in aerospace. and so one of the main goals is to open these possibilities for all students to be able to see that you may be an engineer--a space engineer to work in nasa, but there are so many other

careers that support the space projects for nasa. and so we want our students from very early age to begin to dream about what they want to be and that they can also have one of these very important jobs for our nation. damian: and this isn't something that you pull a youtube channel and you're showing the kids about exploration. mr. natividad, you're talking about a nasa engineer giving these classes and showing these kids hands-on what they can accomplish. jonathan natividad: right. we have numerous working professionals who are associated with nasa or affiliated with, you know, science, technology, engineering, arts, you know, and different types of careers, and what we're doing is just giving opportunities for our students and families to connect and learn about what's out there. i think one of the cool things about space is it provides, like, the possible that what t of the careers that our students could possibly have might not even,

you know, be around right now. and so we're thankfully, you know, able to connect with students and get these professionals and help bridge that and, you know, give kids a chance to dream about what they could do. damian: and your school would--is ideal because it's a magnet school, it's an academy--science academy. tell us about it. jonathan: we have a focus on film, and one of the challenges throughout this pandemic has been, you know, how do you create films, right, when you're sheltering in place just in the home. and so, again, as dr. bauer talked about, we have this partnership with nasa now, and we did this event 2 years ago. we'd had over 1,400 attendees and volunteers, and what we did was we brainstormed ways in terms of making this--you know, instead of coming to the school for this event, bringing the event to you virtually. and so i'm very proud of all of our team who's come together to put together resources, get speakers, and just, again, make this happen for our whole school community. dr. bauer, you started thist .

it's called destination space 2021. you're showing the kids the mars rover landing, and then you're going to take them through the next mission to the moon by artemis. is that correct? hilaria: that's correct. we're so excited. and i thin mars and then hopefully one day taking humans to mars is the human aspect of the story. and so in addition to children getting hands-on activities online and access to scientists and professionals online is that all of them are going to be telling the kids how they got there, what is a little bit of their own personal story so that students can see, "oh, you know, they were also somebody in elementary sitting, you know, and they were young once and they had a dream."

and so that's kind of the twist we're adding. now--you know, in the past, our focus was to open, you know, science, engineering, space exploration, a lot of very important things, but it was always--because it was only one night, it was kind of limited. being a virtual event, it just kind of exponentially grew the opportunity to allow students to reconnect with scientists in a different way, and it allowed--because of the time element--we have a little bit more time. we don't need to, you know, set up and pick up the same night. now we're able to engage in a conversation with our scientists in a one-to-one basis where students are able to hear their stories, right? sometimes when we are not able to connect that way, we will say, "well, that happened to them, but it will never happen to me." and we want to erase that. we want every single student connecting with this to be able

to see themselves as grown-ups having these kinds of petitions and accomplishing these kinds of exploration and knowledge. damian: well, this is great. this is an amazing program, amazing partnership with nasa, and the fact that you're able to repeat it and do it all over again and expand it is just fabulous. if you feel like more information, this is called destination space 2021. it's put on by the alum rock school district at the hubbard academy here in san jose. we'll be back after these messages and talk more about this great program when we continue. stay with us. ♪♪♪ oh, you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. cause when you hook our community up with the internet... boom! look at ariana, crushing virtual c michael, doing something crazy. this is the place where we can show the world what we can do. comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers

to create wifi-enabled lift zones, so students from low-income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. oh we're ready. ♪ ♪ damian: we're back on "comunidad del valle" talking about destination space 2021. and those images, mr. natividad, that you showed us just--it warms your heart to see how attentive these kids are. first of all, talk about how you're able to bring those kids in the classroom. first to clarify that, but talk about the glow in their eyes and

just how awestruck they were or they seem to be at what they can accomplish in space. jonathan: right. so we have care pods at all of our schools and, you know, we aim to support our students who need that extra support, whether it's with school or anything of that nature. our particular care pod is with our youngest students, either in kinder or tk, and all we really did was just wheel a nice, you know, big screen tv into the classroom and put on the show. and so for 30 minutes every day, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, kids can tune in and be in awe of what space is like, or what the possibilities of exploring, you know, a world outside our current, you know, community. and just seeing the kids like, "ooh, i've seen the shuttle before. i want to do this," or, "this is like this movie." it's just so amazing because we want kids to be excited about school, and it's not--i get it, there are standards and things that we have to do, but when we provide these opportunities for

kids to dream and dream big, knowing that they've been--win this challenge of distance learning just like all of us have, it's so heartwarming because that's that one and excitement you get when you see a kid and they just want to tell you everything they got--they know about space. it's just amazing to see our kids just connect and gravitate toward that. damian: yeah. and a lot of people who don't know, doctora, might think, "well, this can't happen on the east side. our kids can't dream that high." what say you? hilaria: i'll say, you know, you don't know a kid. you don't know a child, you know, because a child is going to--it's the definition of hope and resilience. i think that we underestimate our youngsters a lot, and i think that in the middle of this we have been able to tap into that resilience of youth and hope that--they have taught us in the middle of us worrying about all kinds of things, which is our jobs, they have given us their youth and that tremendous

amount of hope and--in the possibilities of dreams to say, let's think also about the dreams, also about what's going to happen to them 10, 20 years from now. when we--i was sharing with you earlier that we--the organizer in ourselves were thinking when we were children, both of us were in mexico, both of us were watching the stepping into the moon in black and white in our own tvs never imagining that we

professionals andin san jose little opportunity, they grab it and they're going to run with it. they are going to do a lot more, you know, than we can imagine. you mentioned it also in our conversation. you know, a lot of the jobs we don't even know what the--those jobs are going to be, which is absolutely true, right? every 5 years, we hear about things that we've never heard before; and for them, the--that time is kind of getting shorter. so it's going to be a lot faster than 5 years. it's going to be 2 years. and so we have to give them--we have to unleash that wish that--the wish to dream, the wish to be able

what we do in alum rock. we want to make sure our students see themselves in the future as the professionals creating knowledge, creating business, creating the -- damian: absolutely. my friend jose hernandez was on space shuttle discovery, and he told me that as a kid he saw one of the walks on the moon and he--that's when it clicked to him, "that's what i want to do." and so, mr. natividad, no one can tell any one of your kids that they can't do the same. jonathan: they definitely cannot. that's -- damian: and i truly believe that a lot of our chavalitos all they really need is somebody to kind of crack the door open for them because they're ready to knock it down. talk about that type of attitude that your kids come with it to class, whether it's virtual or not. jonathan: yeah. i think dr. bauer talked about that briefly, where it's--this

event is no longer a one night thing. it's about getting those reps and practices in, and i think a lot of times, doesn't matter if you're a kid or adulnd of push d go out there and find things. and so i think the more that we bring this opportunity where it's like connecting with professionals, again, we're doing this. "you can do this. you can do this." you start to believe it. and sometimes, you know, you might have been that kid that didn't believe in yourself, but you always had teachers or people around you to continually push that message of like, "hey, why not? why not you? why not dream big? why not try this? be brave. be bold. you can do this." and that's one of the joys of being a tk through grade school. we get to see the little ones come in at 4 or 5 years old, and that message about pursuing their greatness and, again, pushing them to dream big and find out what they could do and learn out how and why things work and apply that to what they enjoy doing in life. damian: well, i admire everything that you

all are doing. doctora, as you know, my kids are products of alum rock, and i'm so proud of the leadership there, the teachers from top to bottom. i appreciate everything that you all do. thank you for coming on the show and for sharing this with us. hilaria: thank you for having us. damian: thank you. for more information--again, this is in alum rock. it's called destination space 2021 in the alum rock school district of san jose. we will be back with another great interview. stay with us. ♪♪♪

[singing in spanish] damian joe y la familia. we miss those days at rodeo. we miss those days at the saddle rack with little joe, even at the moose lodge when little joe would come on down and entertain

all of us. joe, it's great to see you. ¿cómo estás hermano? little joe: i'm doing great, and i hope you and your family are doing well. and let me say, first, gracias for having me on. second, i want to wish everyone a great thanksgiving holiday, although we're in a situation that we are with the virus. and thirdly, i want to offer my condolences and--to all of the families and friends of the victims of the virus. it's just so heartbreaking, but i do on behalf of myself and my family offer our condolences and sympathies to all families. damian: yeah, that's very nice of you, joe. and you're speaking from the heart and you're speaking in the talk about what that was like. we're going to get into your book. we have the whole show with you. but talk about the--what it was like to go through it. and you're still probably in recovery. i don't know if there's any lingering effects that you still have.

joe: well, as far as lingering effects, i think i'm just a little short of breaths. i hate the word short. but it is an--it was an incredible experience for me. and from that, what i learned from going through with covid-19, it's something that i can relate to talk about to the people that, you know, may think that is not what it is. it is a deadly virus, and my experience with--along with my niece, my daughter, and my wife, all four of us, were down with the virus at the same time. and presently one of my kids picked it up, but he's doing well. and so many of my friends and colleagues in music are now, you know, ruben ramos experiencing it.

so the only thing we can do is wish them well and--like thousands of people that offered their well wishes and offers--offered their prayers to me, which, you know, i totally did it for their kindness--kind words. but it was quite an experience, and i hope that people will follow the guidelines because right now it's happening and it's surging at worse pace as ever. so it's just something that we cannot kid around about or with. so les pido por favor, take care of yourself so that you can take care of others. damian: that's well put, joe. we're glad to see that you're okay. always wear your mask. carry your mask wherever you go. it is that important. glad to see that you're well. let's talk about your book. it is called "no llore, fregón." there's another word in there, but we'll say no llore, fregón here. and there it is.

this is kind of like your memoir. it's an american story. little joe of little joe y la familia. longtime incoming, joe. talk about your thoughts. it's getting great reviews. joe: well, you know, for years, it's back--far back in the 1980s, people had approached me, authors, book writers, wanting to write my life story. i didn't feel that there was much to, you know, talk about at public interest and, you know, just human nature. i was too busy doing what i was doing and having a great time, and i didn't really want to have the book written. but i decided that it wasgain the time to tell the story.time, but i needed the right author to do it for me, and--you know, i

was just--i've been such a blessed and fortunate person through my whole life, and writing the book was just one of the luckiest things that it happened in terms of finding the right person to write it for me. i wanted the story to be told and understood, and i wanted the writer to understand me. and emma gonzalez was perfect for writing the story because her backgrounds are--as a child were so similar. you know, migrant children working the fields. but i also wanted the book to be about my family. it's really a little bit of story, but it's the story of my family. i've always regarded them as my heroes. and again, we were about done--90% done with the book and we moved our offices from -- to where we are now, and in doing so we found a ledger.

my dad wrote his life story. there were like four or five ledgers, and i happen to find the first ledger he started writing his life story, and it was just perfect for opening the story of my family in my book and i--you know, i feel so bad that i didn't keep up with the ledgers but soon i did that i found the first one; and that's where the story begins, in 1912 when my dad first arrived from mexico, the revolution of course -- damian: yes. let's talk about it in our next segment, joe, because it's--music was always a part. no matter how poor you were, no matter how bad things were, there was always música. we'll be back with little joe of little joe y la familia. stay with us.

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joe, going on 26 years now, and i'm sure that would--i think i read you're 80 years young now, and you're still going and you--it's on fire. i'm sure you feel blessed, you mentioned this a little bit, but--to be going as long as you have, to be--being the mover and shaker that you have been. joe: it's been an incredible journey. regarding the book, i just almost forgot to tell you that we have the spanish edition now. damian: oh, good. joe: yeah, yeah. we just got it done last week. friday of last week i was informed that we have now the little joe story in spanish, and i'm excited about that because so many of the people that--as i was saying earlier, that arrived in this country from mexico during the revolution, because of the revolution will now be reading their life story

as well. so you can now get it in--the spanish edition. you know, a big change in my life came when i started touring california, especially when i wound up in the bay area. that changed--that led me to change the name of little joe and the latinaires to la familia-- little joe y la familia. that was such a big move for me musically and just the awareness. and so -- came like--for many, many years i work from home. and of course, it's been so many years of -- lost so many of my fan base, but their families are still around and they still come to the show, and i'm always happy to greet them and, you know--unfortunately, i don't have much time to spend with anyone anymore.

on the go all the time, but i'm looking forward to get to visit with you guys in the bay area and talk about the good old times and bring you some good old chicano, tejano music.wait. and you--in fact, you wrote a song about your tour around california. you mentioned san jose in that song, and so you're near and dear to everyone here. well, this is the end of the show, folks. if you want to get ahold of us, we do have our contact information. you can follow me on twitter. my handle is @newsdamian, on instagram is @newsdamiantrujillo. also, pick up a copy of el-observador newspaper and support your bilingual weeklies all across the bay area. thank you once again to la familia and to little joe for joining us here today on "comunidad del valle." we're going to leave you now ♪♪♪ ♪ pa' que sepas -- te hablo -- ♪

♪♪♪ ♪ por todas las ofensas que me has hecho ♪ ♪ a cambio del dolor que me quedó ♪ ♪ por las horas inmensas del recuerdo ♪ ♪ te voy a dedicar esta canción ♪

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