Cristela Alonso
👤 Speaker
989
total appearances
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Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And they would be like, we love you now.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Then 20 years later, I thought about that story.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
I looked back, and I was thinking, why the am I a maid in my own fantasy?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Like, even in my fantasy, I can't give Latinos better jobs?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
It's because a lot of the women I knew, that's what they did for a living.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
They came here and had those jobs to get a better life so that their kids didn't have to do those jobs.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And when I understood that, I realized that as a woman, I wanted to break that glass ceiling, you know?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
But as a Mexican, I want to clean that too.