Twenty-two-year old Norma never thought she would earn a high school diploma. Her grandparents in Mexico couldn't afford to keep her in school once she completed the elementary grades, and she was resigned to a life of menial jobs.
A few years ago Norma saved her money, paid a smuggler to help her cross the border and ended up in Houston. Her first job: cleaning the offices of Enron at night.
She was too old to go to high school and went from one minimum wage job to another, cleaning offices and homes and working at fast-food chicken restaurants.
"When I got here I didn't have any friends," she said. "I worked at nighttime and I didn't know anybody. It was hard. It was scary."
For full story: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2653226&page=1
[Posted by Marina Guastucci]
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