Cristela Alonso
👤 Speaker
989
total appearances
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Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
She's a civil rights icon with the farm workers movement.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
I actually knew of her from one of the summers that I went to the public library.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
They didn't teach about her in my school.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And I couldn't believe that she was there.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And then I want to say I started meeting people from the sitcom.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
People asked me, well, do you want to be in this campaign about immigrants?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Do you want to talk about immigrant reform?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
I ended up getting invited to the White House.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
to basically host this little gathering about DAPA, which was the DACA sister program for the parents that were undocumented.