Building bridges to enable and engender inclusion for the Latinx community is key to the better cross-cultural understanding and acceptance into our country. Language barriers, difficulty in navigating American culture and finding ways to benefit from services are part of Charleston attorney Nina Cano Richards’ goals. Her own family challenges with integration, combined with her involvement in the Latinx community and its 300% increase in the Charleston area in the past 20 years or so has prompted her to work on those goals. Nina Cano Richards, Esq., immigrated to Charleston, SC, from Bolivia as a young child with her family in search of the American Dream. Inspired by the challenges immigrants face as New Americans, Nina dedicated her legal career to representing immigrants, their families, and their employers through representation in and out of the courtroom. Acknowledging a need for systemic solutions to address the challenges faced by new Americans, Nina also co-founded Spanglish Consulting to help build bridges across language barriers, improve community engagement, and create inclusive spaces to facilitate integration in our communities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx