Carolyn Arellano

So literally 18th birthday. It just so happened that my aunt worked there. She was a bartender.

So literally 18th birthday. It just so happened that my aunt worked there. She was a bartender.

So literally 18th birthday. It just so happened that my aunt worked there. She was a bartender.

You're deep. I know. It's just like, it's a big... It's a movie, but... So I turn 18. My mom and my aunt approach me, who, again, my mom's not well. My aunt is also unwell. And they're living whatever life that they're living. And they're like, you're 18. Like, you can go to work now. So I'm like... like, what am I going to do? Like, you're going to bartend with your aunt. And I'm like, okay.

You're deep. I know. It's just like, it's a big... It's a movie, but... So I turn 18. My mom and my aunt approach me, who, again, my mom's not well. My aunt is also unwell. And they're living whatever life that they're living. And they're like, you're 18. Like, you can go to work now. So I'm like... like, what am I going to do? Like, you're going to bartend with your aunt. And I'm like, okay.

You're deep. I know. It's just like, it's a big... It's a movie, but... So I turn 18. My mom and my aunt approach me, who, again, my mom's not well. My aunt is also unwell. And they're living whatever life that they're living. And they're like, you're 18. Like, you can go to work now. So I'm like... like, what am I going to do? Like, you're going to bartend with your aunt. And I'm like, okay.

So I knew she like bartended. I knew it was a club, but, and I, and I had a child at this point already. Right. I had a two year old. So I know, you know, what sex is, but I had never been in a place like this before. Like,

So I knew she like bartended. I knew it was a club, but, and I, and I had a child at this point already. Right. I had a two year old. So I know, you know, what sex is, but I had never been in a place like this before. Like,

So I knew she like bartended. I knew it was a club, but, and I, and I had a child at this point already. Right. I had a two year old. So I know, you know, what sex is, but I had never been in a place like this before. Like,

It was pretty raunchy. It was like, yeah, it was raunchy. It smelled like cigarettes you could smoke back then. I just remember walking in there and it just being so dark that it took like my eyes to focus until a couple of minutes, right? Because I'm like, and then when I can see, I'm like, there's ass and boobs. And I'm just like, oh, my God, what is going on?

It was pretty raunchy. It was like, yeah, it was raunchy. It smelled like cigarettes you could smoke back then. I just remember walking in there and it just being so dark that it took like my eyes to focus until a couple of minutes, right? Because I'm like, and then when I can see, I'm like, there's ass and boobs. And I'm just like, oh, my God, what is going on?

It was pretty raunchy. It was like, yeah, it was raunchy. It smelled like cigarettes you could smoke back then. I just remember walking in there and it just being so dark that it took like my eyes to focus until a couple of minutes, right? Because I'm like, and then when I can see, I'm like, there's ass and boobs. And I'm just like, oh, my God, what is going on?

So I end up getting a job at the strip club completely. I wouldn't say completely innocent. Right. Because I've grown up, you know, in the ghetto, had a baby by now trying to get like figure out what I'm doing in life. But to that kind of lifestyle.

So I end up getting a job at the strip club completely. I wouldn't say completely innocent. Right. Because I've grown up, you know, in the ghetto, had a baby by now trying to get like figure out what I'm doing in life. But to that kind of lifestyle.

So I end up getting a job at the strip club completely. I wouldn't say completely innocent. Right. Because I've grown up, you know, in the ghetto, had a baby by now trying to get like figure out what I'm doing in life. But to that kind of lifestyle.

I was bartending.

I was bartending.

I was bartending.

Yeah, we, we do get there though.

Yeah, we, we do get there though.