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Recently, I asked: what jobs did your parents work to get u to where u are?
Your response was powerful. Now, more than ever, immigrants do the toughest work. Clean, cook, toil in fields, factories
This is my tribute to all our parents who helped us rise https://lat.ms/3a4zC1B
Your response was powerful. Now, more than ever, immigrants do the toughest work. Clean, cook, toil in fields, factories
This is my tribute to all our parents who helped us rise https://lat.ms/3a4zC1B
Many children of immigrants make a pledge early on to care for our parents, to be their translators, their personal assistants, their protectors. In some cases, their retirement fund. When you consider how far they’ve brought us, in a single generation, it’s the least we can do.
Several thousand of u shared ur parents story with me. Some shared memories u hadn’t spoken of in years: the smell of engine oil on ur dad’s shirt, the cuts & bruises on ur mom’s hands, the sound of the sewing machine rumbling through the house day & night https://bit.ly/30tQRpL
So excited to see this piece run in the @latimes & hear more about your parents & abuelos. Use #ParentsWork I'll be reading & tweeting 
I'll also be talking with readers all day on a special page we created for us to share our histories. Come say hi
https://lat.ms/3gz4km6
I'll also be talking with readers all day on a special page we created for us to share our histories. Come say hi
https://lat.ms/3gz4km6
Grateful for all the families who trusted me to share their story in this special piece. There's @ofeliagonzo from Arizona whose dad, Valdemar, worked as a miner for almost 40 years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/readers-share-inspiring-family-stories-about-parents
. @FrancesWangTV
from Miami proudly shared the many jobs her mom, Corrina, worked in the U.S.
She sold purses, hand creams, paintings, sports memorabilia, even pet hermit crabs, with tiny puka shells & plastic palm trees.
“She did it all just to survive” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/readers-share-inspiring-family-stories-about-parents
from Miami proudly shared the many jobs her mom, Corrina, worked in the U.S.
She sold purses, hand creams, paintings, sports memorabilia, even pet hermit crabs, with tiny puka shells & plastic palm trees.
“She did it all just to survive” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/readers-share-inspiring-family-stories-about-parents
Kelly Reyes from Virginia spoke of her dad, who worked 3 jobs for more than a decade.
“Where I live, I don’t know many people who share my parents’ struggles..I forgot it formed a sense of shame in me. This made me realize I don’t feel shame anymore.” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/readers-share-inspiring-family-stories-about-parents
“Where I live, I don’t know many people who share my parents’ struggles..I forgot it formed a sense of shame in me. This made me realize I don’t feel shame anymore.” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/readers-share-inspiring-family-stories-about-parents
