here in san antonio for for many and in my audience, i have in the audience i have my wife, marta martinez flores, and my daughter mia. but you all are here to hear from jesse esparza. and so i want to provide an introduction. dr. hassell's jesse esparza, who is an associate professor and interim chair of the of history at texas southern in houston. his area of expertise is on the history of latinos. the united states emphasize, the civil rights activism. dr. esparza's manuscript rosa schools, the fight for latino autonomy in a west texas borderlands town, was published by the university of oklahoma press as part of their new direction s.a. history series. it has already received two book awards, two and counting, right? yes. so the 2024 outstanding book award, the texas association of chicanos in higher education or and the 2020 for texas foco nonfiction book award by the national association, chicana and chicano studies or knox. dr. esparza teaches mexican-american texas and civil rights history. he received his b.a. and master's degrees from southwest texas state university and a ph.d. from un