Her father was a Teamsters shop steward in Mexico and after coming to the United States, worked at the Quemetco battery recycling plant in the City of Industry in the San Gabriel Valley.
Ее отец, Рауль Санчес Солис (Raul Sanchez Solis), мексиканец, работал на фабрике по переработке старых аккумуляторных батарей Quemetco и был функционером в профсоюзе Teamsters.