this is put on by the silicon valley education foundation, hispanic foundation of silicon valley and eaf. there is a website for the silicon valley education foundation, east side education initiative. we'll be back here on "comunidad del valle" and talk more about the inequities when it comes to zip codes. please stay with us. with dr. lisa andrew, the president and ceo of the education foundation of silicon valley, silicon valley education foundation. talking about the east side education initiative. now you mentioned the inequities when it comes to zip codes, you have a one minute trailer video, let's play that right now. male: when i heard that my son's school gets less than half of what a school district 7 miles away gets, it pissed me the [bleep] off. ♪♪♪ dr. andrew: today's zip codes and home addresses determine the funding allocated to public school districts. this directly impacts the amount and quality of educational resources and facilities made available to different students in different neighborhoods. the effect on their lives is profound. the disparity is real. leveling

damián trujillo: cuando iván gonzález y su hispanic foundation de silicon valley, regaló estos gradosndo algo. cris ramírez: claro, se tiene que hacer algo, no nos podemos quedar con los brazos cruzados, esto no es aceptable, ¿verdad?, y por eso mismo, estamos en comparación, colaborando con diferentes distritos en el este de san josé, apoyando a los estudiantes, a las familias, y también a largo plazo, estamos trabajando con diferentes legislaciones, con diferentes senadores, porque tiene que haber una solución a largo plazo, en el estado, para que las escuelas estén financiadas con equidad, es lo que estamos pidiendo ahorita, simplemente con equidad; y esto no es decir que le vamos a quitar los fondos a las otras escuelas, porque ellos también lo necesitan, y lo que ellos han podido brindar a los estudiantes en esas escuelas, con $24,000 por estudiante, también se lo merecen los estudiantes del este de nuestras comunidades, en san josé. damián trujillo: ah, es más de lo doble que reciben, y algo tiene que cambiar. bueno, para más información, esta iniciativa se llama east side educa

hispanic media. alejandro is currently the boards of harvard shorenstein center on politics and public policy and friends of the national museum, the american latino and the california community foundation. she holds a in policy public policy, harvard's kennedy school of government and graduated cum laude from the university of southern california. her book is described as an unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen latina, offering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the emotional tolls of a trailblazer part memoir part manifesto, first gen is a story of generational inheritance, aspiration, and the true meaning of belonging, a gripping journey to, quote, reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in to survive, unquote. we have her in conversation this evening. another well-renowned person here in our community and a good friend of books and books, fernand amandi is the managing partner of bendixen and amandi, the nation's leading, multilingual and multi-ethnic public opinion research and strategic communications consulting firm. over the last 25 years, they've conducted large scale projects for numerous corporations, multinational institut