Cristela Alonso
👤 Speaker
989
total appearances
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Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And I think a lot of it had to be because she was a single mother and she was doing it all on her own.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And I think that by keeping me inside, she thought that was the safest way to protect me.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
You know, I started being left alone by, you know, right after we moved from the diner.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
So, you know, eight years old because my brothers were they started working.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
But it was that thing where I didn't know better.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
I didn't know what I was missing out on.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Because as children, you think everybody lives like that.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
She was trying to do any kind of physical labor that she could do.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
She started washing dishes at a restaurant, a Mexican restaurant.