as a latina business owner, is an common to us to continue to support other minority owned businesses we are not the only ones in a certain industry. you have to get beyond a certain conversation of our youth and qualify to be here? we exist in this very interesting paradox. i do believe that is invisible invisible economic giant. we don't talk about it and no one else talks about it. on the other hand, we are at the bottom end when it comes to the economic inequality. only one in six latinos of stock. bonds or mutual funds. overall, 50% of whites do. when you talk about retirement -- every day, 10,000 bp boomers retire. i don't want to bring up the immigration debate, but to me it's an economic issue. it's about jobs, being competitive in having folks that pay into it. you have this issue 20 years ago were all of a sudden the population has to support 10,000 people every day. the 1.1 million latinos turning 18 abbott think that's a good place to start, so the issue becomes, how they make them better qualified, the sophisticated enough to engage in the economic system to the best they

business owners that have been through this that know the ropes. lack of basic computer skills. i would say the majority of the latina clients still don't have email. we're not talking about the digital divide but we need to be. it's still an issue and lack of financial literacy so really big obstacles so thinking about the resources needed and potential policy ideas. certainly child care. you will hear it over and geafer. it's a barrier. and taxes and continued access to funding and support, everything that you're going to hear today. free business licenses would be huge. it's hard to imagine that the cost of a license can prevent them from starting their business and this is something that many years ago the city did for lease holder grants. anybody remember these? these were amazing. they helped women come into the mission district into store fronts where it was vacant and couldn't have done this without the program. many of those businesses are still in the mission district today. i would love to bring that back and some questions for to you consider. thinking about including the tax breaks and supports as you're

business. >> i just want to thank everybody at the university for having us today. the reality is latinas want to be americans. they want the american dream. we look at the statue of liberty. we believe whatnots as these truths are self-evident that all men and women are created equal. although sateen us, whether they got here like my great-grandfather in 1912 or just came last year, they'll search for the american dream. what talk about education and the economy and health care immigration, those are american values, christian values in america will be stronger and better when they let latinas have a seat at the table equally. hot back >> i want to thank you and four tavis smiley for putting this together with antonio gonzales. and the sister moment a potential immigration reform, i want to ask everyone to get involved in do something. it is not enough -- i'm sorry, we need to stop deportation with a good immigration reform. i want to ask everyone to get involved. there's so many ways to visit your member comments, call them on the phone, write letters, go to town halls. to the marches.

. >> i like your stress on latina culture, having taken two companies and biotech elegy. the business managers, technology and capital is an ecosystem that all three pieces have to be there. they have to be incentivized to do it together because if you don't have the right incentives, you will go off and do something else. and you'll lose. the building the culture is for me. low-level is really going to be a multitask. i wish you the best in doing so. it's a terribly important thing for missing tech knowledge and growing tech knowledge innovation in society. >> that's another, you know, is basically here. the purpose of visiting russian nbc to learn more about the u.s. system on those kinds of things. >> is a great opportunity for me. >> it's great fun to be be involved. thank you. [applause] >> soy very interesting morning. there is a lecture for lunch. i think the audience for their participation and all the speakers for their very interesting and put. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ >> is a small airport back in the 20s. the military came and established a training base during th