. hoe la n.c. connect you to community, brought to you by your carolina ford dealer. >> and we're in raleigh for the spanish career, and we're here to talk to students about teachers' careers in the company. [ music ] >> and we're from capital wrassing -- broadcasting and

company and that's one of the reasons that we participate in career fares like this, -- fairs like this because we want to reflect our community. we have a growing latino community. of course we have the african- american community. we have a community of all ethnicities an the goal for our company is to make sure that we as a company reflect our community. >> and how students in high ol anchor or a reporter like yourself? >> i tell students all the time the key to being a journalist, you first have to be curious. you have to be curious about your community. you have to know a little bit about a lot of things and that requires a lot of reading because i think as a journalist you have to know what is going on, not just in the community, but in the world in order to share that with your community. so i tell them all the time, read a lot, educate yourself

surroundings. that's the start. [ music ] >> and now we're with the representative of the b.b. b. who is going to tell us what are you telling the students today? >> well, we're promoting our scholarship, we have up to $15,000 in scholarships so we really encourage the students to come and apply and b.b. b.scholarship. org for more information. they have until november 30th until 5:00 p.m. >> and it is open for student ? >> actually it is 11th and 12th grade or high school if you're in college already. >> and -- [ speaking spanish ]

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i am so excited to introduce you to juan and a special guest. and welcome to the show. >> thank you so much. >> and juan, you were born in mexico. can you tell us the story, and how coming to raleigh? >> i was born in a small village in mexico, in the western state, and i was born with severe deformities. and the actual syndrome and it was very apparent to the doctor that was delivering me that something was wrong because the most prominent birth defects i had was cleft foot and cleft palette and basically if you look through my mouth, you can see up to my nose, so he said this baby is definitely not okay, so they -- he rushed me to the hospital. my mother actually stayed back. the hospital was an hour away,

progressed from there. and the pronoseys from the doctor wasn't very good. and they said that i probably was not going to live long because i was having trouble feeding, basically getting breast milk, and they said that because of that a lot of children die at auto very young age, and they don't really make it. and so after hearing that, my mom was like, well, what can do? and they said unfortunately we can't do his surgeries here until at least he is 2 or 3 years old because they're pretty major surgeries. and she was like by that time it will be too late. so, again, she decided to bring me here to north carolina, and basically i have been at duke hospital where i have had at least 13 surgeries. i have kind of lost track of exactly how many, but around

arrive to raleigh? >> and i actually spent my second birthday here, so before the age of 2. my parents didn't know any english at the time. they both worked on a farm where they didn't really need to use it. still, it was a struggle to get me care at the hospital because even -- i mean, it is still present today, patient whose don't speak english have a longer wait time. they can't really communicate with their doctors and they rely on interpreters, and that age, more that time that was even worse for my parents because they didn't actually have a good system for medical interpreters. and they can request one on an ipad and it will be 10 minutes. they had to wait hours and hours and sometimes because they also had to work, i basically -- as i got older and was able to speak english, i stepped in and i can translate because i didn't want them to wait so long.

overcoming those obstacles. >> yes. and i think that was one of the things that really gave me -- the second thing that gave me a passion for medicine. the struggle that my parents and i went through because we didn't speak english and that gives me a speakertective on health scare here. >> don't go. stay tuned because we other going to have more about juan's story. he is going to stay with us and tell us about the university of north degree in medicine. >> yes. >> thank you. >> hoe la, n.c.

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don't go. stay tuned because we're going to the university of north carolina and his future and

i want you to elaborate a little more. and you said you went to unc greensboro. >> yes, it was specifically about the negative effects that pesticides or certain like mites would have on the honey bee health and also naddition to that, we also constructed a ghee dome actually for two species of honey bees, and that was the thesis that i'm proud to say that -- it is being published in the oxford journals. no, it actually got published last week, and that's -- i don't want to say this in an arrogant way, but that is a very big deal for an undergraduate.

published as an undergraduate because you usually only see that in graduate and post doctor rail. >> and juan, you are an example of many of all things, and something to admire, and you -- but what is it to achieving all that you have achieved, future doctor of the u.s. and maybe the world, what is a key that -- what would you tell young -- success, achieving, how do you move forward? >> and i think what taught me the most was basically is i think society has many ways of kind of degrading your motivation and you see especially now, so much negativity and cynicism, and i think you have to push back against that and say, no, this is my own life, this is my own

i have always kept myself motivated. every obstacle i saw, i didn't see it as an obstacle, i saw it as -- an opportunity for me to kind of jump that and build character and learn. i think -- that is the most important thing. every single thing in life teaches you something, whether it is god or bad, and i think that's what i would tell people, and are right now in your life or in your goal, just stay motivated, see obstacles as basically learning opportunities and never really lose sight of that and goals because life there throw a ton of things at you, but as long as you have a vision for what you want to be and, again, that self motivation, i think that is a huge part of it because i think you really have to say, okay.

these disadvantages, but the disadvantages don't define me at all. and no stereotype defines me. i define myself and i think that that's what kept me going. and i seek to be -- i do seek to be an example for younger students, especially hispanic students, who -- and right now they may think they're not wanted here, they're not needed here, but i want to say no, we we need people with diverse backgrounds and all areas of life. >> and i know you have some great news but i don't want to say anything, so would you like to tell isn't it? >> yes, i actually found out recently that in addition to being admitted to wake forest school of medicine, which i'm so in the denial stage of that, i don't believe it, i have also received basically a full

four years. so, again, i -- i mean, i guess -- people say it will be my hard work and maybe that, but i have also been very blessed, so i feel grateful for that. >> and congratulations! that is exciting. >> thank you. ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ?put a little love in your heart.? ? in your heart. ? (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars

carolina ford dealer. >> hello, north carolina. my name is juan and i was born in the dominican republic, but i have lived, traveled, studied and worked in a variety of countries. some of those are venezuela, mexico, the u.s., china, korea, japan, france, spain. and the community engagement manager, and the fulfillment of the commitment that the golden trle community involved in all of our projects and efforts. we are committed to reaching out to the latin community in north carolina to make sure that they're not left behind and they're connected with everything that we do. one of the favorite things about this position is that it gives me the opportunity top connect under served communities with our current projects to make sure that our practices are culturally competent and appropriate.

my under god was in law studies, and later on i went to unc at greensboro, and i got an under grad in liberal studies with a concentration in fiscal cliff and ethics and religion. later on i went back to school and i got a masters and a post back laureate in global studies. i believe that being multicultural and multilingual my lifeally and personally. it has helped me when i have hoved from country to country. i have to connect with other individuals from social, economical and educational backgrounds. all of these things not only help you in the day to day activities, but it also helps you in the way that you see life and how you embrace everything in the world. and in the last year i have

multicultural consultant. my position previously to this one was in miami, huntington national consultant for a law firm, and prior to that i would say southern california working for a multiettal and collaborative agencies, also helping them with their public relations and communications needs. for most of my career, i worked helping under served communities. i would say in different areas of the country. somhi lot is that i have been able to communicate well with people, be able to understand to a certain extent their expectations of me, what they want, what they need, and how to connect to them at a special level. i think that has helped me in a professional and in a personal way, and it is one of the avenues that i have taken to

thanksgiving has passed as has the christmas parade there for the holidays are here. one of the most endearing stories is a christmas carol by charles dickens. first published in 1843 take the actualit christmas carol being a ghost story of christmas. i recently read dickens was not the first author to celebrate the christmas season in the literature but he superimposed his humanitarian vision of the holiday on the public. in our backyard literally is a dickens scholar. doctor eliot elliott angle of and see state. doctor there angle has talked on dickens for decades and tonight he shares his insight. we begin with this question why