I would have never thought that my grandfather's Spanish and my Spanish were so different. I thought, 'My gosh what am I doing here?' But I had to do it.

I can see him sitting in that chair. And he's smiling at me.

My mentor was my grandfather. My father worked in the fields and often was not at home for several days in a row. So in many ways, my grandfather was the major male figure in my life.

When I took the classes I thought it would be wonderful to open an organic day care.

I thought it was some local TV crew. They started talking to me and my dad. Then they asked me questions, asked me if I ever fished saltwater before?

Se me hace muy chistoso que el mesero, que se ve a leguas que es mexicano, sin embargo nos hable en inglés. Luego va y le pasa la orden obviamente en español a otro, también mexicano. Pero ambos, él y nosotros, seguimos la farsa y nos negamos a reconocernos. No sé ya quién esnobea a quién.