"I worked in the WPA. I sewed mattress ticking. Inside we put little strings because we filled them full of cotton. We tied the strings, then we stuffed them with more cotton in another row and tied the strings. That is what I was doing. They gave them [the mattresses] to the poor people. In Morenci where the white school was, underneath in the bottom floor was where they had the sewing. It was at that time when they were giving [things]. Other people sewed clothes, different clothes. Some sewed the sleeves, others sewed the sides, others put the buttons on. They put us to do different things.

At that time that I started working in the WPA, my father was alive but he was very sick. After that he had a stroke. That is when he died, in 1941. My mother just stayed at home. She was very sick. I was the one who cleaned the house and ironed and helped my mother wash clothes. My other two sisters, Concha and Carmina, washed the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, and helped my mother in the kitchen."