HOMETOWN: Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
YEARS AS A SISTER: 14
HER ROLE: Pastoral assistant at St. Jude Neighborhood Clinic in Fullerton
FIRST JOB: “I worked as a clerk in a family grocery store.”
HER FAVORITE MEMORY: “In the beginning as a religious woman my English was very limited. However, I learned that it is a language of the heart and that it does not require words to communicate the care and love that we have for others.”
WHAT DREW HER TO THE ORDER: “The joy of the Sisters of St. Joseph as they worked with us shoulder to shoulder in Mexico.”
ANY JOB IN THE WORLD: “ A psychologist to help the broken.”
HER FAVORITE SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 – Love is patient, love is kind (The Excellence of Love)