Name: Lydia Villanueva

First Job: Seamstress for Levi Straus

Birthplace: Robstown, Texas

Years at FCEOC: 5 years

Best advice ever received: NEVER give up

Favorite advice I give: You can do anything you set your mind to do.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Olive Garden

Proudest moment: Watching all five of my grandchildren being born

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Spent one week in Monterey, MX with my sister.

Favorite weekend activity: Yard Sales

Last good movie I saw: Something’s Gotta Give

Scariest experience: When I saw my youngest daughter get struck by a car.

If I had a million dollars I would… Purchase a Home, Travel, pay for my grandchildren’s education

Favorite place to shop: Ross & Mervyn’s

Favorite childhood memory: Afternoons and evenings at home with siblings, we did everything together.

I admire… my parents, they worked hard and were always self sufficient.

Words that describe me best: Hard working, go getter and caring

I like to watch: HGTV- Design to Sell, Weekend Warriors, etc.

Favorite music or artist: Jazz

In my spare time… I like to work on crafts & decorating ideas.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is…"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you!"