Tragedy in early life (1929–1933) īeginning in 1929, the Lopez family began migrating north for work. She was the best English speaker in her house and assisted the other children with their schoolwork. In winter 1929, after returning to LA from Arvin, California, she attended 109th street elementary along with her siblings. She remembered attending 45 schools as her family moved as migrant workers in Los Angeles and in the San Gabriel Valley, including Las Palmas School in Anaheim off and on from 1st to 3rd grade. Education Įven though Lopez was a laborer at an early age, she also attended school. Her family was poor, and worked in mostly agrarian labor jobs, but it is noted that one of her uncles was a street maker in Orange County during the development of the 1920s.
She resided in Anaheim until she was 9 years old, after which point her family began traveling as migrant field workers. Lopez started working in Southern California fields in and around Orange County, California, at 5 years old, doing such work as: pruning vines, picking oranges, peas, beets, prunes, cotton, and grapes. Lopez's mother, Guadalupe Lopez, was a native of Aguascalientes, Mexico and her birth father's background is unknown. Lopez was the oldest of 3 daughters, and lived in a medium- to large-size extended family consisting of herself and her two sisters, Grandfather Basilio, Grandmother Rita, Mother Guadalupe, Uncle Edward, Uncle Dionisio, Aunt Dominga, Aunt Guillerma, Uncle Gregorio, Aunt (Referred to as sister because of their close age) Maria, and Basilo Jr. Lopez's birthfather is unknown, Fuentez was her step father who fled the country in 1931 after an altercation with another man. Jessie Lopez was born in Anaheim, California, in 1919 to parents Guadalupe Lopez and Fermin Fuentes. 5.1 Back to school and award from the League of Mexican American WomenĮarly life Early childhood.4 Cooperative farming and National Land for People.3.4 Democratic National Convention (1972).1.6 Permanent relocation to the San Gabriel Valley.1.5 First experience with labor organizing.
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