and jean garcia, from the oakland health care based provider. thank you for being here.'s start with you because you have an interesting story how you came to this country without papers as a teenager. how do you think that up bringing and that journey influenced who you are as an adult today. >> the product of our experiences it gives me a perspective in terms of what the immigrant community is going through. i think it's important to underscore that my story is not that different from so many people, not only in san francisco but other parts of california, other parts of the country. it's a country of immigrants and especially in this climate where you see anti-immigrant receipt remembering it's good to hear about my experience. >> talk about how the journey started from your home country. >> i was brought here by my parents and like many others, i had no choice in the matter. i did have a choice in trying to make something of myself. my parents, typical latino family believed how work and education. i was lucky enough to have enough opportunities to be able to get thr