“We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, 'I'll be damned. we're Republicans.'”

“I hope I've been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and you're committed to fight for your education, that anything's possible.”

“Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.”