damian trujillo: hello, a"comunidad del valle." i'm damian trujillo, and today we have a new mexican consul general in san jose in our studio, plus wreaths across america on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today with the lean in latinas. with me are the co-founders of this organization. anna dapelo-garcia is on our show, and also jenny salinas are the co-founders. welcome to the show. anna dapelo-garcia: thank you. damian: tell us first all about lean in latinas. you've been on this show before, but tell us about the organization and where you've come from. anna: yes, so lean in latinas is part of the lean in organization that's led by sheryl sandberg. so, it's a group of women that come together around how we can make our ambitions become real in our work, and how we can close the wage gap, how we can support each other. when i was last here, we had about 100 members, and we are now, 2 years later, at 650 members. damian: wow. anna: yes.

damian trujillo: hello, and welcome to "comunidad del valle." i'm damian trujillo, and today we have a new mexican consul general in san jose in our studio, plus wreaths across america on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today with the lean in latinas. with me are the co-founders of this organization. anna dapelo-garcia is on our show, and also jenny salinas are the co-founders. welcome to the show. anna dapelo-garcia: thank you. damian: tell us first all about lean in latinas. you've been on this show before, but tell us about the organization and where you've come from. anna: yes, so lean in latinas is part of the lean in organization that's led by sheryl sandberg. so, it's a group of women that come together around how we can make our ambitions become real in our work, and how we can close the wage gap, how we can support each other.

area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. in with some very special guests coming all the way from mexico city to talk about the vote abroad. they are here on "comunidad del valle." [speaking in foreign language] laura guerrero is with the consejero electoral. mauricio huesca rodriguez is also here from that office, he's actually the main man who's making sure that people, chilangos who live in this area, are able to vote. welcome to the show. mauricio rodriguez: thank you. laura guerrero: thank you very much. damian: tell us how people are able to do this. what's the process like, and who qualifies? mauricio: well, i mean, first of all, thank you for having us in your show. it's a very real privilege to mexico city to have us, and to inform the mexicans who live in this area the way

damian trujillo: hello, and welcome to "comunidad del valle". trujillo, and today we celebrate the fortieth anniversary of los mestizos de san jose. one half hour of danza on your "comunidad del valle." ♪ damian: they are los mestizos de san jose, and they are celebrating 40 years of danza all across the bay area. we're going to begin, actually, with my little girls. it's the pee-wee version of los mestizos. estella and malina are in this first segment. they are dancing from the region of michoacan. ♪