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How was your childhood life?
"I loved my childhood life, but I didn't grow up with my parents. My grandmother raised me until I turned four years old, then my mother took me to the US with her and my stepfather"
What were your dreams as a child?
"I didn't have dreams, I was a trouble maker when I was a child"
![Guadalupe Martinez with her oldest daughter- Chely and a friend (1965)](Mama nineteen.jpg)
What duties did you have as a child?
"When I was a teenager I had to take charge of our house and take care of my younger siblings because my mother worked"
What did you do for fun?
"When I was a teenager, at fourteen years old, I would go with my friends to little clubs to dance every eight days"
How did you meet your husband?
"He was there neighbor from where we used to live when I was young"
![Guadalupe Martinez and her husband Guadalupe Rios in Mexico](Papa Mama.jpg)
When did you learn how to drive?
"When I was fifthteen years old, I would steal my sister's car in the mornings, that was when she was asleep, because she worked every night"
How was your life in Mexico?
"I loved being in Mexico, but now, I wouldn't want to go back"
Did you rent or owned a house?
"I lived with my mother for a couple of years, then went to live with my mother-in-law for a good while, then my husband bought a land and built us a house"
![Guadalupe Martinez and her husband Guadalupe Rios in Mexico](Mama Papa Dancing.jpg)
Did you own a car or truck?
"I didn't have a car nor truck, till I was in my early thirties I had my first car"
What were your goals?
"I didn't make goals because I didn't have time to think about myself because I was full of kids"
Is there anything else you would like to add to this interview?
"Just that I wish I could rewind time and have all my children together like old times"
![Guadalupe Martinez and daughters- Chely, Miriam, Mary, and Diana- McAllen, Texas (circa 2009)](Girls.jpg)
![Guadalupe Martinez's daughter Suzy and husband Victor (2014)](Tia Sussy.jpg)
![Guadalupe Martinez's husband and son Luis](Tio Luis.jpg)
![Guadalupe Martinez's youngest son Guadalupe and grandson Roel- Six Flags in San Antonio (2014)](Jr.jpg)
![Guadalupe Martinez's son Carlos with grandson- Carlos Jr. (circa 1990)](Tio Carlos.jpg)