Jennifer Parra Transitional Living Center 3 Youth Care Specialist

First Job: When I was 12 years old, I planted onions with my father.

Birthplace: Madera, CA; don't blink or you'll miss it.

Years at FCEOC: 11 great months :)

Best advice ever received: Always respect and love yourself. Speak up, in a nice and intelligent manner.

Favorite advice I give: Who you spend your time with, is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Japanese Kitchen, go with an appetite! Pickled pigs feet, yummy!!! No one else likes it so I don't have to share!

Proudest moment: 23 ½ hours of labor, no medication, and an 8 lb. 13 oz. baby boy

Greatest personal accomplishment: Graduating from high school with a child.

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Best vacation was taking my daughter to Las Vegas for her 21st b-day and my dream vacation is going to Las Vegas with friends.

Favorite weekend activity: Gardening, taking my kids out, and love to host pool parties!

Last good movie I saw: Something's Gotta Give, with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton

Scariest experience: Woke up to find a stranger in my living room in the middle of the night! (But I chased him out of my house)

If I had a million dollars I would … purchase property to rent to low-income or disabled people.

Favorite place to shop: Wal-Mart and World Market Place.

Favorite childhood memory: Double daring my sister not to run me over with her bike, but she still did. Ha, Ha

Words that describe me best: funny, sensitive, outgoing, motivated, responsible, caring, family oriented, and hostess!

I like to watch: House, The first 48 hours, cowboy movies, and the new monitors at TLC3

In my spare time … what spare time?

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … don't sweat the small stuff.