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Transcript of full Marianela Jordan interview

"My parents and I moved from the Dominican Republic after a terrible hurricane in 1979. I was five. Growing up in Freeport, I saw a strike at a factory where my mom worked -- they stamped logos on the outside of makeup jars. The workers didn't have the basic breaks and things that immigrant workers don't have. It made an impression on me when I saw all of them work together to get fairness.

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