nayeli zuniga: yeah. this program helped me a lot. it inspired me to become a wonderful woman like the leaders of the group. it helped me gain confidence in myself. it's much more easier to speak among a lot of people now because that helped me a lot. being in that group, we would speak and, like, talk about our culture and what we do, the different things we do in our culture. it, like, helped me gain a lot of confidence in myself. it just helped me a lot and it was inspiring listening to all these wonderful stories about these women and how they become the person they are now. it's really nice listening to different things, like how they've overcome everything and how they become the great person they are. damian: yeah, they want you to go ahead and succeed. you know, i have two girls. they're ages 8 and 10, and they're all into girl power. is that what this is about, or kind of in a way? nayeli: in a way, it is, yeah. it's, like, all these, like, women who are together and they're, like--we're all powerful together. it just felt so

coak grove, en san josé, con nosotros aquí en comunidad del valle, es trina, trinidad ramírez y nayeli zúñiga

comunidad del valle" are trina trinidad-ramirez over at the oak grove school district and student nayeli zuniga are my guests. welcome to the show. trina trinidad-ramirez: thank you, damian. damian: tell us about the mujeres unidas. what kind of an organization is it and who are you helping? trina: mujeres in accion was organized by just a bunch of women in the community, latina women who wanted to give back to the community.