I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.

As the first Latino CEO of a major U.S. airline, Oscar Munoz of United Airlines is indeed

a barrier breaker.

He's now executive chair of United Airlines.

But there are parts of his historic rise that never came into public view until now.

In his book Turn Around Time, uniting an airline and its employees in the friendly skies, Munoz

writes, quote, my story is a quintessentially American one, though it began in Mexico.

And reveals that he came to the United States, undocumented.

In this conversation, first recorded for Washington Post Live on May 10, Munoz talks about running

United Airlines.

The heart attack he's suffered just a month on the job, why he downplayed his heritage

during his rise in corporate America, and why he's fully embracing it now.

Raising your own children and your children realizing where they come from and how important

it has become to them to embrace their heritage and as the world has changed, it's become

easier for me to do.

And I feel really unburdened to be able to tell the story and to somehow in my own way

promote that this is not an immigrant story, it is not a business story, it is an American

story.

Our country is an incredible place.

So your book Turn Around Time offers a lot of insight into United Airlines and what

you learned about leadership.

But you also go into great detail about where you came from and how that shaped your world

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