puerto rican economy. >> what did you learn from him about politics? >> i learned a lot about values. it is important for you to be honest and to generally care about people's problems and issues facing the island. >> your grandfather was young when he became governor. your 33. >> yes, he was the youngest governor. i mean he is the youngest governor in the islands history, and i'm the youngest commissioner. >> at what age did you realize politics might be a career for you? >> i had ups and downs. i think i first developed political awareness when i was around six endicott my attention. and then -- six, and a cut my attention, and that in my teenage years, i said, i will never do this and then later in my teens, i said i might do this. so it has been hovering in my mind basically all my life. >> whether other political conversations around the house? >> absolutely, my father ran unsuccessfully for this position 25 years ago. >> and you have entered public service, what is it about public service that drives you? >> it is the ability to have a positive i

puerto rican economy. >> what did you learn from him about politics? >> i learned a lot about values. it is important for you to be honest and to generally care about people's problems and issues facing the island. >> your grandfather was young when he became governor. your 33. >> yes, he was the youngest governor. i mean he is the youngest governor in the islands history, and i'm the youngest commissioner. >> at what age did you realize politics might be a career for you? >> i had ups and downs. i think i first developed political awareness when i was around six endicott my attention. and then -- six, and a cut my attention, and that in my teenage years, i said, i will never do this and then later in my teens, i said i might do this. so it has been hovering in my mind basically all my life. >> whether other political conversations around the house? >> absolutely, my father ran unsuccessfully for this position 25 years ago. >> and you have entered public service, what is it about public service that drives you? >> it is the ability to have a positive i

. >> i saw rico, puerto ricans commenting, saying how thankful they were for the update, how relievedthey were, how they had been waiting for days. >> danielle bitetto was indicted on federal arson charges and is facing 5 to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. meanwhile, angel says the fire caused $500,000 worth of damage, but he is determined to rebuild. >> we want to show the world that we are strong, puerto rican. you hit us, but we stand up. >> stronger than ever. >> when we come back, valentine's day horror. a woman is viciously stabbed to death. could her savage murder have been prevented? >> he started stalking her, showing up wherever she was. >> that's next. >> slow down. >> cut! >> i get it. slow motion. slow down. geographic atrophy. but we don't need gimmicks. stick to the facts. gah! the advanced form of dry amd can irreversibly damage your vision. but ciuffo is an fda approved eye injection that gives you the power to slow. g.r. ciuffo theory was proven to slow g.r. lesion growth over two years with increasing effect over time. it's the only treatment to slow ga in

will showed me the basics of the puerto rican variation on salsa. ♪ one song has really struck a chordic plays on these speakers, what do you see happen in the room? >> oh, my god. i hear clapping, cheering. >> it channels all sorts of emotions in me from sadness to happiness. >> reporter: will says after everything his island has been through, from hurricane maria to massive protests, he believes bad bunny is sending the world a message. >> i think he's saying that puerto ricans are here and that puerto rico's not dying, we're going to rebuild and grow even bigger. >> reporter: he just hopes we continue to listen. and to dance. antonia hylton, nbc news, new york. >> love that unabashed joy. that is "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ you're tall dark and handsome ♪ ♪ you're charming and then some ♪ ♪ know how to romance 'em ♪ ♪ but i see through it all ♪ ♪ you do everything too fast ♪ ♪ you move like a whiplash ♪ ♪ you're missing the romance ♪ ♪ and

that was the sad reality of nearly 1.2 million puerto ricans on new year's eve. that is the sad reality that many thousands of puerto ricans will face on an average day. why? an outdated power grid and a slow recovery process after hurricane maria. puerto rico's energy crisis is not a partisan issue. the left can treat it as a humanitarian crisis, the right can see it as an obstacle to making america great again. the center can view it as both. it is a problem and it needs a solution. which is why i, alongside representatives torres and soto, sent a letter to the administration in support of our republican governor's request for a federal emergency declaration to address this crisis. we urge the administration to act. we urge the administration to unblock the federal resources that puerto rico needs to address this problem. we urge the administration to empower the people of puerto rico to be able to overcome this issue. now, for the benefit of my constituents i will repeat my remarks in spanish. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] thank you, mr. speaker. i yie

now i'm proud to say i have three kids, puerto rican. three puerto rican kids.uest is one of the finest comedians in america. he has a new stand-up special about his life, his family, and overdosing on mountain dew called "it's just unfortunate." >> my girl wants a guy who knows how to build stuff. i don't know how to build anything. i can build walls emotionally. [ laughter ] i'm good at that. you want a wall up? i'll do that, you cannot get in. it's like, no, i've no idea how to build anything. [ bleep ] lululemon. like, i can't help you. she gets mad. the other day i came into the house, she was putting up sheetrock. [ laughter ] i don't even know what sheetrock is. she was putting it up. "are you going to help me?" i was like, "uh, yeah." [ laughter ] i went to the kitchen, i made us lemonades. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "it's just unfortunate" premieres february 21st on hulu. please welcome chris distefano. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> thank you. >> jimmy: this is my guy. >> yeah. >> jimmy: how are you doing? i haven't seen you since y

new jersey 9th congressional district, but i am truly proud of my roots and being a latina and puerto rican is something i've very proud of. >> the most informative experience in my life is being the caregiver to the person who would become my husband during his battle with cancer. for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, particularly if you've been diagnosed in your 20's, as andy was, you know it's like a punch in the gut unlike anything you've experienced. you never expect to hear that word at such a young age, but from those first moments after his diagnosis, andy and i knew how lucky we were. we knew how lucky andy was to have health insurance that would allow him to get care that would hopefully save his life and flexibility with our jobs, allowing him to focus on a full-time job to try to get better and me to care for him, of loving him, of marrying him and eventually when he found out that his cancer was terminal to walk him to his passing and i decided to run for office because i do not believe that in delaware, our state of neighbors or here in the united states, in the wealt

perla puerto rican cuisine is set to open today in castro valley.pect some notable names with live music playing in front of the building from noon until 3. the restaurant is going to be open today from noon until 9. >> for your money this morning, the california secretary of state now warning about a scam that's targeting small businesses. >> so this scam involves a letter sent to businesses requesting that those businesses send cash or face consequences. at first glance, the document might appear legitimate. but if you look closely, you'll find several important discrepancies. they use accurate information about the business type and the entity number that information, those public of publicly available and easy to get. but what you'll notice if you look closer is that the document brazenly discloses that it was sent by corporate processing service, which is a non government agency and that the forum has not been endorsed by any legitimate authority. >> scam trade is basically as large as the drug trade internationally. we're not talking somebody

will showed me the basics of the puerto rican variation on salsa. cord. [ speaking in a global language ]$ >> when this music plays on the speakers what do you see happening in the room? >> oh, my god. i hear clapping, cheering. >> channels all sorts of emotions in me, from sadness to happiness. >> reporter: will says after everything his island has been throug from hurricane maria to protests, he believes bad bunny is sending a message. >> i think he's saying that puerto rico is here. and that pique is not dying. we're going to rebuild and grow even bigger. >> reporter: he just hopes everyone continues to listen and dance. antonia hilton. >> love that, unabashed joy. that is "nightly news." i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we ar

popularity of a longtime art form, the spike in salsa dancing being linked to the latest album from puerto rican superstar bad bunny. lester for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. meghan markle and billie eilish teamed up to give her an incredible surprise. the duchess of sussex and prince harry visited altadena shortly after the fire. markle posted a video on instagram about a teen that she met, who said that the one thing she was hoping to recover was her billie eilish t-shirt that she got at a concert. so markle sent out a call for help to her famous friends that made its way to singer adam levine, who then contacted billie eilish. pop star then sent the teen a signed vinyl record and some other merch to see how happy she is she is. tonight at seven, d

these cuts threaten local programs studying diseases that disproportionately effect puerto ricans like diabetes, alzheimer's, cancer and other rare diseases. these cuts will hinder scientific research and progress. these cuts will hinder the people's access to health care. these cuts will set us back vis-a-vis china and our geopolitical rivals. the government cannot treat people like numbers on a spread sheet. we can't cut corners on health care and education. we can't fall behind our global rivals. we must protect the n.i.h. and now for benefits of my constituents, i will repeat my remarks in spanish. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. malliotakis, for five minutes. ms. malliotakis: thank you, mr. speaker. as our nation celebrates black history month, i rise to honor staten island's own black angels. 70 years ago, tuberculosis plagued our nation, killing over one billion worldwide, and accounting for the deaths of nearly 18% of all deaths in

countries and even for room to present a fee, is that to the conflict could escalate it for a puerto rican. i'd like me to ask you can lead is a balloon this president has called on the international community to rein in one to which he chooses of alex through parts of the to the book of countries in this conference have listen to this. yeah. and we're going to just leave the movie, thanks very much. bring us up to date on a story that i'm sure we're going to get much more reaction to over the coming weeks. that policy is really where you come to the these really prime minister has arrived in washington for talks with donald trump now before taking all benjamin netanyahu said he would try and convince the us president to help we shape the middle east. the decisions we made in the war of already changed the face of the middle east. our decisions and the courage of our soldiers have redrawn the mass. but i believe that working closely with president trump, we can we drop it even further and for the better. i believe that we can strengthen security, broadening the circle of peace and achieve

and for puerto ricans, that's a easier because they have citizenship, right. but there's a similar pattern that's also true with mexicans right now. mexicans come for a picking season or they'll for a few months. and then the plan is always to go back to mexico. and they always they often do. they would come for a few months, live in the u.s. money and return back to their families. however, once the border gets more militarized, those crossings become more difficult. and so people who are traditionally come for a few months done a little bit of work, gone back home, all of a sudden say we have to make a decision like we have to of lay roots somewhere or else this becomes more dangerous and more expensive every time to cross. and so increasingly, people who are engaged in that decide to land more permanently, the u.s. and many of them choose to land in the south. the other thing that happens is ira, ira, in 1996, passenger bill clinton i could never what the whole thing stands for like a legal reform and. ira, you're responsible. the immigrant responsibility a

it's like hallowing, birthday thanksgiving, christmas, three kings day, puerto ricans.you meet? >> lin-manuel: we met in high school. chris hayes was her social studies intern. >> stephen: wait, you had an >> lin-manuel: in your senior, you can get credit for being an intern for younger kids class so studies intern. we didn't know each other in high school. >> stephen: did you always think -- >> lin-manuel: we were like some of the few latinos in our school. it was like, the gorgeous dominican girl over there i very much was aware of. and then it wasn't until i got this -- i hate to plug a website because it's not really the same form it was but thefacebook.com when it still had "the period" >> stephen: you are 45. >> lin-manuel: so 45. cleaning out my college email address, you had your college email address to join. who's on here? i typed in my schools and she popped up. and i went ooh and invited her to the show i was in on 54th street. >> stephen: that was right next to "the colbert report." >> lin-manuel: yeah, she came to see me and the rest is history. >> stephen

and there's a cameo by puerto rican singer bad bunny. there he was, straying from the saltiness with an upbeat attitude. other commercials on billboard's list made includes uber eats, mountain dew, baja blast and some others. some of the super bowl ads that cost advertisers up to $8 million for just 30s. during the super bowl game. well, a lunar new year festival this weekend took over san francisco's sunset district. there were live performances filling the streets with music, including shows from local traditional and lion dancing teams. crowds of guests lined up at 37th and pacheco browsing fresh produce at farmers markets. vendors. the organizers said they they told us what the other booths they had available as well. >> we're adding community resources, kids activities, and just a lot of things to bring out and understand and learn more about the lunar new year, especially the chinese new year celebration. >> now, the event, by the way, was free and it was open to the public. a world war two seaplane flew into the bay area as part o

la perla, puerto rican cuisine is set to open today in castro a live music performance playing in front of the building from noon till 3. the restaurant's going to open today from noon until 9. well, happening right now, love birds are getting married in the city by the bay 250 couples are trying are tying the knot, i should say at san francisco city hall today on this valentine's day is gonna be special memory for them on a special much change. new year. the valentine's, the nba all-star weekend kicking off now in san francisco. yeah, the chase center. >> and don't forget to must county center buzzing with activity. lot of preparations underway as fans are about to head inside. crawford's will trend, though, got an advanced preview ticket to get in there sell their plan all morning. well. >> come for the nba crossover event, which is basically their fan fest and stay for chess. you might be wondering why or chess boards out here? well, because san antonio spurs superstar, when he will be here sometime this week, 7 foot 3 just an incredible player. he loves playing chess. he'll be playi

now they have a puerto rican grandma, there's a japanese grandma, all sorts of other grandmas. >> jimmyody in hoboken's out day drinking. so, we were walking down, you know, the main drag there, and there was a bar and a table full of people drinking, and it's -- it's vince vaughn and me -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- and this table full of people scream, "hey, bubbles! bubbles!" [ light laughter ] it's like vince and i, and they're yelling for -- >> jimmy: yeah, bubbles the dog. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i totally -- i knew it. >> it's great. >> jimmy: she's got something. >> she does. and, you know, it's funny because, you know, i was friends with paul reubens, pee-wee herman. >> jimmy: my all-time fav -- one of my idols. >> yeah. >> jimmy: by the way, i just showed my kids your movie. was it "pee-wee's holiday"? >> "pee-wee's big holiday." >> jimmy: "big holiday." it's -- it holds up. it's one of the funniest movies. my kids loved it. the whole idea is pee-wee's going to your birthday. >> to my birthday party, yes, yes. >> jimmy: favorite movie, it's a fantastic film. >> and i play p

was a candidate first at the local level latino washer for every part of her correctwa me i am puerto ricano immigration messaging is not registered meet or my folks and plenty of family members in the kitchen table who did ultimately go vote for trump they thought his messaging reach them i'm glad you brought that point to because everything we do we cannot see our voters as a model us we cannot see voters and take any of them for granted stephanie highlighted toward the end it was we need to focus on black men when you focus on latino men or do some messaging towards a black women that came up as well. i think overall to go forward and to grass a constituency that's emerging especially months key demographic of the latino of that new youth voters who are turning 18 as we are going to have to completely revamp the way we do politics, policy and people that is something the democratic party has not come to the realization yet to me the republican party's made the shift ton acknowledge where the party has moved from. we can do a litmus test of where they were in the last decade to where they

in the past we've had puerto ricans, we have caucasians, we have people of all races perform in our showng black, it's about receiving the message and receiving the education. >> all right. important for all to see and hear. salima jones, i'm glad we connected. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. i appreciate it and we hope to see you at the show. >> absolutely. it's the fifth annual black centric showcase happening at 5:00 on saturday, february 22nd. you'll find it at laney college's odell johnson theater. there will be music, poetry, skits, monologues, so much more. tickets are $30, but again, if you're under 18, you are free. more information is waiting for you at put your play on.com next here on the nine bringing life to san francisco neighborhoods that rely on visitors to stay afloat. the changes that could be coming to bring more bars and restaurants to some parts of the city, and what san francisco has been doing wrong that the new mayor wants to fix. [music] >> the first time we walked into ucsf, i wasn't sure what to expect going into some of these kids rooms t

this tonight -- >> if an underpass was constructed such that it busted carrying mostly black and puerto rican kids to a beach -- or it would have been in new york was designed too low for it to pass by, that obviously reflects racism that went into those design choices. elizabeth: remarkably idiotic information. do you want the know why those bridges in new york were low? because buses were lower then. buses were designed lower then. hard hat pete, he was all in on demanding america go along with his woke ideology and dei. now he's doing a major flip-flop saying, you know what? it was a bad idea. how that's going to add to the trust in democrat politicians? are democrats running for america or for their own ideology that americans don't want? we've got the sound. plus, this story -- >> we know we can lower emissions, and we will do that by providing $20 billion to the national network of nonprofit, community lenders and other financial institutions. to fund tens of thousands of climate and clean energy projects across america. elizabeth: well, looks like democrats have been benefiting and exp

. >> i've seen puerto ricans. >> whiter than my tush after a long winter. would say that cone stood for a kind of. aggressiveness. he stood for a kind of brute force. dissimulation and misinformation in a lot of ways. i see him as one of the progenitors of fake news. his relationship to the truth was very malleable, and he had a flagrant disregard for the truth. >> there's another clip that we have. essentially what what cone taught donald trump? um, talking about how he shaped him become the ascendant figure that he is today. >> you want to know how to win? i'm going to let you in on a little secret. there's rules. roy cohn's three rules of winning. the first rule is the simplest. attack, attack, attack. >> civil rights. cats. >> i hope the. judge bates got real money, because, uh, after i get. >> you. >> flying, you're sure going to need it. >> excuse me. >> unless you drop your baseless litigation, i am countersuing the justice department for $100 million. >> and you are going to rue the day that you ever filed this. >> who is this? >> roy cohn calling o

we've seen reports of puerto ricans who are u.s.aking spanish. and this is not the first time that this has happened. it has happened in the past that us citizens, latino, us citizens who were born in this country, have been caught up in this deportation rates. and that is going to continue to happen because people are on the other side of this issue, people who have families who have roots in this country and, you know, some people who have roots in this country that go back farther than before it was called the united states. >> francesca. yesterday, nbc news learned that the trump administration is looking to restart family detention. of course, a reminder that cruelty is always the point here, and this could mean an increase in arrests of children and teens. and, you know, here we have trump worried about deportation numbers, and now they're getting ready to target children. >> yeah, i mean, we're this obviously was something that happened under obama that i think many of us were against. and thankfully, biden ended this practic

i am puerto rican, portuguese, chinese, hawai'ian, and irish. other for a really long time. so, yeah. i'm happy for them, too. >> seth: was there a special screening -- when the first "moana" came out -- >> we don't have a movie theater! >> seth: there you go. [ laughter ] there you go. where was the first time you saw it? did you see it with people for the first time in --? >> "moana"? >> seth: yeah. >> like the first one? >> seth: did you go -- was the first time you saw it at the premiere? >> no, i saw it on a little laptop where moana's, like, hair comes off and like she freezes every now and again and just like moves through space in a strange way. like, i saw -- >> seth: could you tell even with the unfinished animation? >> no. >> seth: were you like, "this might be bad"? >> i was scared. i was so scared! [ laughter ] well, you have to understand, like, this is a culture, the pacific island culture, specifically me coming from hawai'i, i'm used to seeing my people on screen not always portrayed in the most positive of light. and i was real

have been rounding up, or the puerto ricans who are absolutely americans, listen, the only people that came and colonized this place are your ancestors. trump. >> i'll note that the bd position is for the acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, a key role in helping to shape u.s. messaging abroad related to counterterrorism and violent extremism. thank you, congresswoman, for your words tonight and for your insight. we are just minutes away from entering into what could very well be a new and costly trade war with china. at the stroke of midnight, just about 45 minutes away, a 10% tariff on all imported goods from china will take effect. it's what trump today called an opening salvo, meaning he could escalate tariffs if he thinks china isn't doing enough to stop fentanyl from entering this country. and what that means for you at home is the potential for higher costs. and if you're wondering, well, what about mexico? what about canada? well, those tariffs happen to be on ice tonight because trump agreed to pause those for 30 days. some modest concessions from the

being puerto rican is something i am very proud of. >> >> the most formative experience in my life is serving as the caregiver to the person who would become my husband during his battle with cancer. for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer -- if you were diagnosed in your 20's as andy was, it is a punch in the gut like anything you ever experienced. you never expect to hear that word at such a young age. from those first moments, and he and i knew how lucky we were. we knew how lucky and he was to have health insurance that would allow him to get air that would hopefully save his life -- get care but i would hopefully save his life. i focused on the full-time job of caring for him, loving him, marrying him. and to walk into his passing. i decided to run for office because i did not believe in delaware or in the united states in the wealthiest nation on earth, the time and the ability to get care should not be luck it should be the law of the land. >> starting next week watch c-span's new members of congress series where we speak with republicans democrats about the early lives,

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originally he started it to bring puerto rican and cuban food that he had grown up eating in new york to san francisco. >> but eventually it evolved into a top us hotspot with long lines, loud music and flowing sangria. i began working at church of cha around 15 years ago during the summers off from high school and until then it was just a restaurant i grew up in. it wasn't until i started working there that i realized how renowned it really was. my teachers all ate there. my friends parents all out there. i waited on my childhood crush kelly kapowski from saved by the bell. >> it became clear to me that i was not just working at my family's restaurant but rather i was part of a san francisco institution. a lot of the people who were working there at that time the ones who showed me the ropes of the restaurant industry are still there to this day. the chefs have been there for decades, the bartenders as well. there's a host who's been working thursday nights there for about 30 years. cha cha cha has hosted politicians and celebrities. mayor frank jordan had his birthday there in the 9

but i am truly proud of my roots and my upbringing and being a latina, being puerto rican, it's something i'm very proud of. >> the most formative experience in my own life was serving as the caregiver to the person who would become my husband, andy, during his battle with cancer. and for anyone who's been diagnosed with cancer, particularly if you've been diagnosed in your 20's as andy was, you know it's like a punch in the gut unlike anything you've ever experienced. you never expect to hear that word at such a young age. but from those first moments after his diagnosis, andy and i knew 8888 were. lucky andy was to get health insurance that would hopefully save his life and the need to focus on a full-time job of caring for him, loving for him and marrying him and eventually when his cancer got to terminal, help him with his passing. i don't believe that in delaware or here in our state of nations in the wealthiest, most developed country in the world, i don't believe health care should be a matter of luck, i believe it should be the matter of law. >> all week, we speak with both republ

these territories and the anti-imperialists, many of them worried about how the integration of puerto ricansawaiians and cubans and filipinos into american society might work, if it would work at all. so some of the fittest for the language is wrapped up in discussions around race and immigration and thinking that basically america and the united states has been around not integrating these alien races, as they were described, into american society because that would help us preserve american society and bringing these into the fold wrist destabilization. mckinley talked about this publicly and in his private writings. in his vision of empire, part of the responsibility was to "civilize and christianize" these people. our famous court cases around this argued before the supreme court and it got at the question of whether these territories that were newly acquired could ever really fully integrate into the united states as state or whether they had to remain as territories and what rights those people would have if they lived in a territory versus a state. we are still grappling with some of

these territories and the anti-imperialists, many of them worried about how the integration of puerto ricans hawaiians and cubans and filipinos into american society might work, if it would work at all. so some of the fittest for the language is wrapped up in discussions around race and immigration and thinking that basically america and the united states has been around not integrating these alien races, as they were described, into american society because that would help us preserve american society and bringing these into the fold wrist destabilization. mckinley talked about this publicly and in his private writings. in his vision of empire, part of the responsibility was to "civilize and christianize" these people. our famous court cases around this argued before the supreme court and it got at the question of whether these territories that were newly acquired could ever really fully integrate into the united states as state or whether they had to remain as territories and what rights those people would have if they lived in a territory versus a state. we are still grappling with some o

but, i am truly proud of my roots and my upbringing and being a latina and puerto rican is somethingproud of. >> my most formative experience was serving as a caregiver to the person who would become my coverage -- my husband during his battle against cancer. for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer particularly in your 20's, you know it is like a punch in the gut unlike anything you have experienced. you never expect to hear that word at such a young age. but, from those first moments after the diagnosis, andy and i knew how lucky we were. we knew how lucky it was that he would have health insurance that would save his life and how lucky we were to have flexibility with our jobs that allowed him to focus on trying to get better and me to focus on the full-time job of caring for him, of loving him and marrying him, and eventually when he found out that the cancer was terminal was to walk him to his passing. i decided to run to for office because i do not believe in delaware, or in the united states in the wealthiest and most developed nation on earth at that time and ability to

but, i am truly proud of my roots and my upbringing and being a latina and puerto rican is somethingproud of. >> my most formative experience was serving as a caregiver to the person who would become my coverage -- my husband during his battle against cancer. for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer particularly in your 20's, you know it is like a punch in the gut unlike anything you have experienced. you never expect to hear that word at such a young age. but, from those first moments after the diagnosis, andy and i knew how lucky we were. we knew how lucky it was that he would have health insurance that would save his life and how lucky we were to have flexibility with our jobs that allowed him to focus on trying to get better and me to focus on the full-time job of caring for him, of loving him and marrying him, and eventually when he found out that the cancer was terminal was to walk him to his passing. i decided to run to for office because i do not believe in delaware, or in the united states in the wealthiest and most developed nation on earth at that time and ability to