Our Big!World!Fun! 2013 Family Series will kick-off on Saturday, July 6 with the interactive and bilingual Las Cafeteras. To help get you excited about what to expect this summer, we turn to Ilaan Mazzini, who recently joined the staff of the Ford as our Community Initiatives Program Manager -- and who curated the Big!World!Fun! season you'll ll be enjoying soon. Ilaan shares with us a story about how her mother shaped who she is today by introducing her to the "big, fun world" all around her.

Read what she had to say.