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I first met Silia Munoz more than a decade ago. At the time, she was known as a fearless advocate for immigrant rights. Cecilia went on to

join the Obama White House, first as director of intergovernmental affairs, then as director of the

domestic policy

council. As the administration navigated immigration reform and ramped up enforcement efforts,

Cecilia was called President Obama's conscience on immigration and simultaneously accused by activists

of having turned her back on Latinos. Now, Cecilia is sharing these experiences and so much more in her new book,

More Than Ready.

Cecilia, you did it. You wrote the book. Congratulations. That's the hardest part.

Thank you so much. And thanks for having me. Are you excited? I am. A little nervous.

The subtitle of More Than Ready is Be Strong and Be You and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise.

Have you always been able to follow your own advice?

No, not at all. In fact, there's several times in the book when I say, you know, if I were talking to younger me now, here's what I really wish she knew. Because we have, I mean, lots of us have, I think of them as little voices that kind of sit on our shoulders and whisper in our ears that we can't, that we're not enough, that we don't really belong in the room that we're in.

And I have those voices, and they almost prevented me from writing the book.

Hmm. Why?

Well, you know, so I, when I left government, I wasn't thinking about writing a book.

And a friend of mine named Jen Paul Mary, who wrote a beautiful book called Dear Madam President,

I was congratulating her on her book

and telling her how excited I was because I really thought the women needed to get out there.

And a lot of our male colleagues, people who I love, who are wonderful people, went out and

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