Sylvia Mendez

"My mother says, “Sylvia, don’t you realize what we’re fighting for?”, “Yes, so we can get to that beautiful school in Westminster.” She said, “No Sylvia, that’s not we’re fighting, we’re fighting because under God we’re all equal, you belong at that school just like everybody else belongs to that school, that’s what we’re fighting for”."

- Sylvia Mendez

"We are all individuals; we are all human beings; we are all connected together; and we all have the same rights, the same freedom."

- Sylvia Mendez