damian trujillo: hello, and welcome to "comunidad del valle." i'm damian trujillo, and today voting, voting, and more voting. us senator, alex padilla, joins us on our show today on your "comunidad del valle." ♪♪♪ damian: and we begin today with a group that is actually very, very near to my heart. they're called hijas del campo, and i think the name says it all. with me is marivel mendoza who's the executive director and co-founder, dorina salgado-moraida is the program director, also a co-founder, and jessica linares boyle is a college counselor.

welcome to the show, ladies. it's great to have you on. marivel mendoza: thank you so much. jessica linares boyle: thank you. marivel: it's a pleasure to be here.