jessica orozco from the hispanic federation, roberto frugone from the naleo educational fund, and julio huato, professor from st. francis college in brooklyn. welcome to you all. thank you for being here this morning. campaigns -- always different. do you see that trend that we just pointed out from 2008 to 2012 continuing in 2016? >> most definitely. >> why so? >> we're not only an ever-growing population, but we're ever-changing. so since 2012, we had 3.2 million latinos turning 18, aging into registering to vote. we had 1.2 million latinos naturalizing. we had over 130,000 puerto ricans from puerto rico coming to the united states -- american citizens, registering to vote. so we see this trend just increasing, increasing. and, you know, if not more than ever, what's at stake is really, you know, our latino community community. >> and i know naleo just wrapped week. tell me about what the findings showed in terms of what you can expect this year amongst latino >> absolutely. and based on the projections from four presidential cycles ago, for the last four presidential cycles, we anticipate