Ronnie Rios shares her experience as a Latinx Chicagoan in higher ed. Ronnie pays homage and honors deceased members of her family by sharing her Arbol de la Vida.

Charles shares his experiences of being a Black male growing up on the South side and South suburbs of Chicago. He also talks about being arrested at a bookstore for using a $100 bill. Charles describes finding healing from his racial trauma through the men's work in the Mankind Project, where learned to love and accept himself.