Martha Jimenez
Community Worker
Babies First

First Job: “Working out on the fields picking grapes.”

Birthplace: Mexico

Years at FCEOC: 5 years and 8 months

Best advice ever received: “Do the best you can in whatever you do.”

Favorite advice I give: “Always be equal to everybody and everybody’s the same.”

Interesting experience/adventure: “I went to New York for 10 days.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: “Pozole… I make it myself.”

Proudest moment: “I have three kids that joined the services. Two of them just got back and one is going to Iraq in a couple of weeks.”

Greatest personal accomplishment: “I push my kids to where I’m at. Proud of my children.”

Best vacation I’ve taken: “Going to Mexico. I go to Jalisico every 2 years.”

Favorite weekend activity: “Relax and sew.”

Last good move I saw: “I saw the ‘Elf.’”

Scariest experience: “I got bit by a rattle snake when I was 4 years old in New Mexico.”

If I had a million dollars I would… “Buy computers for Babies First.”

Favorite place to shop: “The second hand store. I find a lot of good stuff.”

Favorite childhood memory: “Coming from New Mexico to California. I was with my mom and dad passing over the Hoover Dam.”

I admire… “My kids.”

3 words that describe me best: “Outgoing, people person, adventurous. I’m not scared and I’m not perfect.”

I like to watch: “Funny movies.”

Favorite music or artist: “I like Salsa, Combias, Cordigos, and Country.”

In my spare time... “I sew costumes. I sell them for Aztec dancing.”

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… “To be a Lab Assistant, Medical Assistant, HIV Substance Abuse Counselor and many others.”