Name: Eleanor de la Cerda
Program: Transit Systems
Position: Para transit Driver

First Job: Cutting peaches at a cutting shack.

Birthplace: Fresno , CA

Years at FCEOC: 14 years

Best advice ever received: Was from my Dad.

Favorite advice I give: Never give up when your down cause life is short and God is always with you; just say a little prayer, it always helps.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Brooks Ranch ( Selma)

Proudest moment: Was when I bought my own home.

Greatest personal accomplishment: Is that I have to take care of my parents just like they took care of me.

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: When I went to Puerto Verde with all my family.

Favorite weekend activity: Spending time with family, especially my 5 grandchildren and going to all their activities.

Last good movie I saw: The Notebook

Scariest experience: When my granddaughter Kristal stopped breathing.

If I had a million dollars I would… I would thank God for it and share it with my family.

Favorite place to shop: Wal-Mart

Favorite childhood memory: When my brother Lorenzo and I made our own swimming pool, dug a hole and we put plastic, then water and we swam.

Words that describe me best: I try to be friendly to everyone, I always have a smile and I am a happy person.

I like to watch: The cooking shows on cable.

In my spare time… and all the time I spend it with my mother who is 83.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… short and you need to take one day at a time and also say a prayer everyday.