[applause] >> and next to my right here we have laura wides-munoz, how a group of young undocumented immigrant grant changed was i means to be american. he she was vp for an a project at fusion tv and was a statist write are he "associated press" for more than a decade. where i hear she got a lot of these stories and ideas from. she has reported from cuba and throughout central america and has been published in "washington post," the guardian, the miami herald, los angeles times and many other outlets. laura developed the idea for this book threw 2013 foundation journalism fellowship and currently'ses in washington, dc. so with that, we'd love to keep the conversation -- thank you, also round of applause for laura. thank you. >> so with that i would love to actually give a little space to have you talk about your books and share really where the ideas came from, a bit about them, and any insights that you can share and maybe we won't be able to get anywhere else. i'd like to hand today laura. >> thank you for being out here on this very hoot day. reminds plea offer being in miami so