I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.'

It was a really big deal to become an American citizen the right way. You have to work really hard, and it is such an honor to be able to say that.

When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.

My father always told me, 'Before you become a queen, you have to learn how to take care of your own things.' So I knew how to do all of it, but I had never really done it on a daily basis. So I was cleaning houses, and I started working restaurants.