faculty mentorship program through uc santa cruz, and also madres in accion, which in our school district, oak grove school district, was an organization of mothers who organized to link into the school system, linking the community into the school system and getting a voice for their children, for themselves. so, that's how we came up with our name, mujeres in accion, because of that program that existed back when i was in school, and we're the product--three of the founders of the women's group are products of that. and it just--being that i work at oak grove school district, it was a nice link. damian: and it snowballed from there. tell us what you've gotten out of it, and are you one of those who was in a shell and now is an extrovert? 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 i

with me on "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.