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The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who are desperate to not only achieve the American dream but leave their kids better off than themselves.

I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

My children don't look Hispanic.

I am deeply concerned about the impact of poverty on children because poverty can destroy their future and bind them to a life of misery.

There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.

I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

There are 500,000 poor children in this state that did not choose to be poor, and we have to take care of them.

Millions of Mexicans leave their kids in order to take care of other kids. That's a very painful thing.