3 min read by Kassandra Manriquez Riding the yellow school bus home from school, I often fantasized about how I would look behind the wheel of a yellow Volkswagen buggy or a Nissan 350Z. And despite my delusion and multiple failed driving exams, my parents bought me a car, complete with a Hello Kitty steering wheel cover. It was so cute and I was so happy. I had always assumed this was every 15-year-old girl’s dream coming-of-age celebration. I was wrong. Less than 24 hours before Cindy Escalante and her mother Maria spoke in front of 300+ community members at a candidate forum,