damian: --the cet, the main office is here on 701 vine street, in san jose.web address for more information, cetweb.edu. up next here on "comunidad del valle," the latino community foundation. stay with us. ♪♪♪ damian: he's the new vice president for economic justice at the latino community foundation, and max vargas is my guest here on "comunidad del valle." max, welcome to the show. i love the title. max vargas: thank you, damian. damian: well, before we get into economic justice and whatnot, let's talk a little bit about you because you come from nothing, if you don't mind me saying, to becoming--to creating quite a name for yourself. you are formerly an unaccompanied minor. max: that's right, that's right, and it's--yeah, as you can imagine, like many folks who immigrate here, the immigration story for us and for me, it's such a driver, and it shaped a lot of my identity, the work, and why i'm passionate about what it is i do and--but you're right, i arrived at five years old from peru, fleeing terrorism, you know, huge instability, economic and safety co