Even Our Elders Help Their Elders
*All names besides the interviewee’s have been changed for privacy reasons*
*Interviewee’s quotes have been translated from Spanish to English*
Some would think that once a woman is passed the age of 65, she should be laying back in her house, retired and living off her pension. However, for those like Luisa Figueroa, that isn’t necessarily an option. All the same, Mrs. Figueroa says, “Even if I could quit my job, I wouldn’t. I’d die faster doing nothing than I would doing something. And I like keeping myself occupied.”
