or puerto ricans from the island. they started coming little by little after i was there. >> hinojosa: and now, actually, berklee school of music, you were saying that they have a strong presence. >> the latino population is the highest population at the school. >> hinojosa: at the berklee school of music. >> at the school. amazing, right? >> hinojosa: so at one point... so you have an amazing career, bobby, and you and i met each other many, many, many years ago when i was just a kid at wkcr. >> we were both kids. >> hinojosa: when we were both kids at wkcr radio. and we... even at that station we liked to bring in musicians like you. >> right, right. >> hinojosa: at that point, i have this great memory where you guys were doing a jam, we were putting it on live on wkcr, and, i mean, i was a mexican kid who had come from chicago. there i was in new york. you guys were jamming, and you handed me a percussive instrument, and you said, "play it." and i was like, "i don't know how to do this." and you said, "play it." it

is he puerto rican?" >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: "is he muslim, really?"st so... a gay muslim nurse. >> yeah. well, i think that's... what you just said right now is beautiful, because i think that's what is the reality. like, in new york, in this country, how blended we are. you don't know who this person is. you look at this person, "is he this? is he that?" and that is one thing i believe what was genius about approaching this character, and the writers and the creators of this show, is to do something like that. >> hinojosa: well, when you went in for the audition... >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...did they say to you, "this is a char..." what did they say about the character? what did you know? >> nothing. they said, "just do whatever you want," and i just did it. >> hinojosa: "create a character that is going to be edie falco's sidekick"? >> yeah, i mean, they gave me the name and everything, and it was up to me on coming up with the details and specificity in terms of creating a history of that guy and fleshing him out. and i love that, because again, it

we were puerto rican, we had jamaican, irish, trinidad and polish.reet ball. and to this day i can go back and people are just so proud of me. a super power? i'd love to be able to morph into anything. shape out of a bucket in the form of water. my very first job was coaching gymnastics and then i was a waitress and i was so bad, that they decided to make me a hostess. that was sort of their nice, humble way of saying you really stink at this, but we want to keep you. my first crush was jesse kenworthy. i was a freshman, he was a junior in high school. and he was tall and he had green eyes. we dated for a spell, and then he got tired of me. jeff, if you're watching, clearly i moved on. my grandfather. my grandfather was a jew and he fought in world war ii. had a huge part in raising me and just worked five jobs, he married a puerto rican woman in the '40s when that was not really in vogue and just a really funny man. he is definitely the most interesting person i've ever met. earliest memories, when i was a kid we used to go to duffy square to the tk

. >> hinojosa: so your dad was african american, and your mom was puerto rican. >> yes. well, my father's ancestry is... both through the caribbean, so... but yes. >> hinojosa: and what was going on in the bronx when you were growing up? >> da bronx. >> hinojosa: da bronx. were people saying, "look at this smart kid who wants to be a scientist"? >> oh, no, no. >> hinojosa: "how cools that"? >> oh, no. no, no. no one cared about your brains. could you jump high, could you run fast, could you shoot a basketball? >> hinojosa: all of your teachers, the community... >> oh, no. i'm talking about in the playgrounds where i grew up. no one... there was no intellectual conversation going on in the playground. and so to get respect of friends and of the community, you... athletics mattered. and i wonder if my athletic talents that i accrued over the years were entirely the consequence of me fulfilling the expectations of others rather than me foowing any actual interest that lived deep within me. >> hinojosa: really? so you may not actually have been a jock? >> it's not obvious to

joining one fellow puerto rican another fellow puerto rican. daisy martinez. so you know, they like to act up. >> well, she paid off the judges the first days and then she brings in her sister today. >> i have to tell you, i've been watching the competition and i was like, wow. marysol, i mean, i can't say this, but i'm rooting for you underdogs. >> really? >> we need that kind of loving. >> we've had fun. >> we've had fun the first two days. now it's serious. >> now it's serious. first of all explain to everyone the comfort behind. >> arroyo con pollo is sunday dinner. in brooklyn, the italian folk have gravy, or sauce, with meatballs and stuff. in latin america, it's arroyo con pollo, rice with chicken, it's family, it's friends, it's the table, it's love. i have some arroyo con pollo that i made here today. let me tell you how i put it together. i usually start out with a little bit of oil to give it flavor and color. >> what is acote oil? >> it's an alternative to saffron. the flavor is a little more delicate. the color is a little more vibrant. >> it smel

, it did its job so well that the iconic... you know, if you had never heard of puerto rico or puerto ricans you'd probably heard of west side story and your image is of a guy with a makeup of a color not found in nature with a knife in his hand. and it's so... it's become so iconic that that's what they think of when they think of us. and so what has been gratifying about the success of heights is that it's allowed for an alternative image to flourish, particularly in theater, of who we are. >> hinojosa: so i was telling you the story about my husband who is a dominican immigrant, and when i told him that we were going to go see in the heights off broadway, and he was like, "you know what? i've done the musicals on broadway, i don't need to see another one; they're all the same." and i was like, "you've got to come." and he started crying from the first moment that you hit the stage and probably didn't end crying until the very last scene. and i have heard this story from many, many people-- that they are sitting in their seats crying as they're watching in the heights. >> ( laughing ) >> h

. >> i'm puerto rican. you are not. >> and the mediterranean. closest thing i could find and i'm going to zhoosh it up with a secret ingredient. >> which is what? >> i'm going to keep it a secret with your help. >> basil. some fresh herbs. how about a little tomato pesto. >> really? >> you sure? >> tomatoes, prosciutto and basil and this will add moisture, as well. >> i think i burned -- >> are you concerned about getting so much help. >> i heard you were trying to get bobby to give you secret tips. >> are you kidding me? >> it's half and half. what do you have on -- >> i threw every sort of cheese i could in there, i think. >> so it's like a quadruple cheese -- >> it's ay grouple bypass. >> i think erica has good control of the saute pan. >> here's the thing. i will say i'm used to cooking on a gas burner. you can control it better so my pan was getting a little hot. one thing i noticed over the years is you have to do it slow and steady. >> correct. because you want it to be nice and crusty and golden brown and want that contrast of texture. y

am i going to see how many puerto ricans, for example, are living in florida? >> the schedule is the same. you're in the same set. the breakdown of the latino -- the population of puerto rico and others will not be part of that release but that, too, will come later. >> okay. and certainly from the public office information wants that planned and we'll get a schedule for the later releases to come out in the spring and in the summer. do we have another question on the phone. >> we have a question from chad day from arkansas democratic gaset. >> my question deals with the format of what we're going to see state-by-state release. will any state will differ in the way it's organized when it's released? and if so, what are those states? and also will we be seeing any kind of dummy tables that we can use and where can i find them? >> first of all, every state's format is exactly the same. they will be boringly consistent we guarantee you. there's a wonderful brochure whose name i'm forgetting right now. strength in numbers, okay? go to our website. that gives you all