[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, furturo picante! [applause]

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, furturo picante! community development specialist at the mayor's office of housing. she'll be helping me honor the honorees. >> good evening, everyone. right now we have the honor of introducing the delores huerta lifetime achievement awad. >> tonight we took a few moments to recognize luisa ezquerro for the incredible work she did over her lifetime to benefit all the citizens of the county. we want to take a few moments to have some of her closest friends and colleagues come up and say a few words about her before we have carmen receive the delores huerta achievement award on her behalf. so please join us here at the podium. [applause] >> i was luisa's friend and neighbor for almost 40 years and she was one of the more inspirational figures in my life. i don't need to go through all the list of her accomplishments, which are in this book and which are not entirely complete. what impressed me the most about her was her dedication to her work as a teacher. every time i walked with her through our neigh