<p>The new Executive Director of The Young Center reflects on her own childhood experience of fleeing El Salvador during its civil war, the unique challenges children face in deportation proceedings, and why she believes big policy change must be coupled with direct service.</p><p>Follow Gladis on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/gladismolinaalt?lang=en">@GladisMolinaAlt</a>. If you liked this episode, listen to <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-monica-ramirez-embraced-solidarity-to-build-a-movement">How Monica Ramirez Embraced Solidarity to Build a Movement</a> and <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/monica-munoz-martinez-is-confronting-our-past-to-change-the-future">Monica Muñoz Martinez is Confronting Our Past to Change the Future</a>.</p>


Latina to Latina

Why Gladis Molina Alt Wants Our Immigration System to Redefine What is in the Best Interest of Children

In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.