DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The most recent census shows that the Hispanic population in United States has grown by nearly 60 percent in 10 years. But just 2 percent earn more than $75,000 a year. All this week, Maria Hinojosa will be profiling Hispanics at the top of the economic ladder. Here's a sneak preview of three of the people she profiles.</s>MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From his swank corner office on the 50th floor, Cuban-born Jose Fernandez really is at the top of his game. He's the only Latino partner at the prestigious law firm O'Melveny & Myers. Juan moved his family from small-town Mexico, from baths in plastic tubs to electricity and running water.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: At first, when we arrived here, it was difficult, it was hard, but you get used to it. You make effort, and you get used to it.</s>HINOJOSA: Early morning in small-town New Jersey, Jeffrey Vega (ph) rallies his troops.</s>VEGA (ph): I'll take you to school. They're my family. They're my blood. They're part of my identity, part of who I am.</s>HINOJOSA (on camera): And who Jeffrey Vega (ph) is reflects a transformation of New Jersey's Main Street. It's the same change that's being mirrored across the country, where, over the past 10 years, the Latino population grew by 58 percent.</s>KAGAN: Watch for Maria's reports on "Hispanics in America: The Upper Class," beginning this evening on "CNN TONIGHT." TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
CNN to Profile Upper-Class Hispanics