damian: all right, and up next here on "comunidad del valle," speaking of the mexican heritage plaza, new leadership. stay with us. culture at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose. tamara alvarado is here on "comunidad del valle," she's back. she has left the school of arts and culture, and vanessa shieh has taken over the helm. welcome to the show. both: thank you. damian: welcome back. well, tamara, talk about where you went and why, and then we'll talk about the transition in that. tamara alvarado: great, well, first of all, i want to say that i was and am very, very happy with the school of arts and culture. so, i did not leave in a bad way. but i was recruited by the board of the shortino family foundation to apply for this position. and to be a woman of color, a latina woman running a small family foundation, is kind of a unique thing. and so, that was pretty exciting. damian: so, before you used to, as the head of school of arts and culture, go out and fundraise maybe and get grants. now, you're giving grants away. tamara: yeah, so i've been at the job for just a few weeks. a

once again, a tardeada style at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose. here is all the information you would want. sabordelvalle.org is their web address. july 20, it's a friday evening at 6:30 there at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose. and it really is--once you start, you start going to these events, you start becoming sort of familia with those same vintners. they don't send individual pourers to pour the wine for you, the vintners themselves-- dianna: the actual vintners come and pour the wine. you're meeting the makers, you know, the shakers right here from the latino community that come out and pour these wines for you. so yeah, we have some celebrities. damian: absolutely; thank you again for sharing that with us. and up next here on "comunidad del valle," we'll meet the chavez family of chavez family cellars, stay with us. carlo chavez is here, my guest, along with his daughter carlin chavez to tell us about their great and delicious top shelf wine; welcome to the show. carlos chavez: thank you, damien, thank you for having us. damian: and t