In 2017, Disney released the highly acclaimed film, Coco, a vibrant tale rich in Latino culture.

Its story introduced many to a holiday they likely previously hadn't been familiar with, called Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

The holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd is a joyful celebration of the lives of loved ones who have passed to the other side.

The holiday is rich in symbolism, and as a Latter-day Saint, there may even be aspects that fill familiar.

Secret Hernandez is originally from Guadalajara, Halisco, and has worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for eight years, and now is currently employed at Brigham Young University.

She has two beautiful daughters who keep her busy with their quirky personalities, and she also has a twin sister.

This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am honored to have Secret Hernandez on the line with me today, Secret. Welcome.

Thank you. Thank you so much for having me today.

Well, most people listening probably don't even know this, but when I interview people for this podcast, I always start with a prayer before we ever hit record.

And, Secret, I think the first person to ever ask if you can say the prayer, which made me so happy, and then you said it in Spanish, which just made me even happier.

So, we are off to a great start with this interview, and I wanted to start out to go back to when you were a child.

I watched a video on, I believe it was, it was just a YouTube video where you talked about how you grew up watching your mom go to great lengths just to feed you and your siblings.

I wondered if we could start by having you tell us a little bit about how you grew up and what you're growing up looked like.

Yeah, so it was really hard, honestly. We didn't have a lot of money growing up, and so a lot of times we didn't have gifts during Christmas, and I remember one time we didn't have enough money to buy milk.

And my mom sent me to the store, and of course we didn't have a car, and she was at home with the babies, and it was a long, very, very long way to bring the milk back.

And, you know, I was eight, and the milk was heavy because I was carrying two milks, one on one on each side, and I remember being so mad because, you know, I'm a child, and I'm walking, and it's hot,

and it's heavy, and I just wanted to get home. And I remember when I got home, I placed the jugs on the floor, and I think I hit him a little bit too hard that one of them exploded.

And so, first of all, he left the room smelling really bad, but I felt really, really bad because those two milks were supposed to last us for a long time.

And that's one of the memories that I have. That's how bad we had it. And not only that, but I had a stepdad who was into drugs and alcohol, and it was a very, very...

very bad situation. And I remember going into my closet, and I would tell myself, I needed to get an education, because it is the only thing that's going to get me out of the situation.

And I mean, I love my mom. She did the best that she could, but I thought to myself, I mean, I know that I don't speak any English.

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