 Okay, class, who wants to learn Latin American history? Oh, oh, me. Let's do it. Me. Okay, who wants to watch a movie? You guys seen La Bamba? Go! The worst teacher ever. Who hired you? You're making us ignorant. Go home. Oh, well, well, well, do not feel too bad if you don't know too much about Latin history. I mean, I'm Latino and I am definitely not an expert. Coffee? I believe it's Columbia. It is Brazil. Okay. I'm gonna go for Argentina. It's Cuba. Cuba? Kourani? Quetzal. Quetzal, I'm so lost. Okay, no. Again, do not feel bad if you don't know all this stuff because I did it. Here's the real deal. Most US citizens do not know too much about Latin history or culture because minority history tends to be overlooked in US schools. That is not necessarily your fault. You see, policies in the US have made it difficult for schools to impress the idea of ethnic studies. In 2010, Arizona passed a law banning program that taught Mexican-American studies in public schools. And in Texas, no such ban exists, but only because for years the state board of education has refused to implement Mexican-American studies. The good news is that there are some great leaders out there that understand the benefits of kids really seeing themselves in their learning. In 2017, finally, the Arizona ban was overturned by a federal judge, and in 2018, the Texas Educational Assistance Board finally approved the creation of a Mexican-American studies class. We're moving forward. And now, US kids can learn about important and inspiring Latin figures, like Rigoberta Menchul, an indigenous Guatemalan human rights activist and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner who has put her life in danger, literally, to advocate for the rights of indigenous people in her home country and also in the Western Hemisphere. And then, we have Silvia Rivera, a Puerto Rican and Venezuelan trans woman and gay rights activist who was one of the leaders in the Stonewall uprising in 1969. And last but not least, we got the Mexican-American NASA astronaut, my favorite Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who in 1993 was the first Latina in space aboard the shuttle of discovery. How cool is that? So if you're thinking, you know, we're in America and we should only learn about American history, I think you should just pause for a second and think about how much Latin America has contributed to US history. And it's vice versa, like, we wouldn't exist without each other. Look, what I'm trying to say here is that we have an amazing history together. Why not make an amazing future? The Amazon River runs through six Latin American countries. Can you name them? Of course, Brazil, Peru, okay, Ecuador, Bolivia. Two more. Colombia? One more. No, one more. Venezuela. Venezuela, of course it's Venezuela. What country's population is nicknamed Guanacos? Guanacos. I have absolutely no clue. El Salvador. El Salvador. What is the oldest university in North America and what country is it located in? And I really hope you get this one right. Celeracan, all this one. College, you said? Yes. I'm gonna go for Unam, Mexico.