eva blanco masias is my guest here on "comunidad del valle." welcome to the show. eva blanco masias: thank you, damian. it's great to be here. damian: thank you, well, how does someone go from being a first-generation college student to becoming the dean of admissions at a major college in this country? eva: big dreams. big dreams. it certainly starts in the beginning where my parents, you know, really worked hard. i think that that's a common story of a lot of our youth. you see our parents work hard and you really just wanna do something great that helps other people. and so, that's been my life goal is realizing that i can't do it alone, and i didn't do it alone, and so bringing that forth to others. damian: i'll tell you what, the fields--farm work chased me out of the field. it chased me into college, and i think that's one of the main reasons why i went to college. what was it for you? what was the impetus? i mean, i'm sure it started as a chavalita, that made you or your parents say, "this is your track here." eva: yeah, sure. well, it's a lot of growing up a