mía pérez: "viva!"z, y que sean una voz para otras mujeres; y aceptación. damián trujillo: y eso no lo hiciste tú porque lo estudiaste, porque fuiste al colegio para eso, otra cosa, tú, tú lo viviste, tú viviste por ahí, tú pasaste por allí. mía pérez: el colegio de la vida, ja, ja, ja-- la experiencia, que es lo mejor, que es lo mejor; un buen punto que tocas tú, es de que lo que yo he aprendido, es de que, ¿sabes?, la gente responde más y se identifica más cuando o tienes un título, pero cuando lo has vivido tú en carne propia, lo has experimentado, entonces se identifican, y ya entonces ellos pueden tener esperanzas, de veras, de que pueden hacer cambios en su vida. damián trujillo: ah, qué difícil es salir de un lugar oscuro, quizás, un lugar donde te sientes derrotada, que te sientes que, que no hay salida, qué difícil es salir de ahí. mía pérez: es muy difícil, es muy difícil; en mi vida, en lo personal, cuando yo atravesé momentos de que de veras pensé que no me iba a poder levantar; ah, fue por

more information, you can again find mia perez on linkedin, on facebook. a chats with some tips and advice and whatnot, so make sure-- mia: and my podcast is out now. damian: the podcast is out. well, we'll talk about that in the next time you come back. thank you so much. good luck to you, thank you for coming. mia: thank you so much. damian: now, here's what's happening in your comunidad on qué pasa. ♪ ♪ ♪ damian: and our saludos to those celebrating a special day, felicidades. ♪ damien: here's our contact information. you can follow me on twitter, my address there is @newsdamian. on instagram, it's @newsdamiantrujillo. also pick up a copy of "el observador" newspaper and support your bilingual weeklies all across the bay area. well, "comunidad del valle" is back once again on both nbc and telemundo. make sure you watch us every sunday usually around this time, check your local listings. thank you once again for tuning in, we'll see you again next week. buenos días. ♪ television that is educational and informational. 're watching the more you know on nbc.

i'm damian trujillo, and today, mia perez and the women's empowerment movement on your "comunidad del valle." ♪ damian: we begin with the us census, "hágase contar," make yourself count, with me on "comunidad del valle." we're going to talk about that for the next three months or so. victor duarte vazquez is with somos mayfair, and jazmin hernandez carbajal is with veggielution, kind of a collaborative here of both groups, correct? jazmin carbajal: correct. damian: all right, welcome to the show. victor vazquez: oh, thank you for inviting us. damian: so, we have some, you know, wonderful video, of course, of census takers and whatnot. talk about the biggest challenges that you're facing, especially in the mayfair community. victor: yeah, right now, we have 30% response rate. it's very low compared to other communities of 70%. and we feel like it has to do with a lot with like