My father moved from Mexico to Southern California in 1987 for better educational and work opportunities. He lived with his aunt and uncle in Pomona at first. In 1991, my older brother was born in an apartment where my father lived with other men from his pueblo in Mexico. I was born in 1992 in another Ontario apartment where my father wanted to devote himself to his growing family. The family then moved to several apartments and houses in Pomona and West Covina as my father's work and family situation changed. In 1997, my family moved to Chino Hills for 16 years for a better living situation, and then to Norco in 2012 where my father bought a house with horse property that he loved.