“I Made Myself from Nothing”

I grew up in a very humble house. We ate sitting on a mat on the floor, tortillita with salt and lime. And since I have been a woman who has suffered, today I am the happiest woman in the world. … I have what I have from nothing. I made myself from nothing. Never did I think I would have a cassette player, or an air conditioner of two horsepower, or three pieces of property, thanks to God. I never imagined this, and three, four electric fans.