Community Quote by Ruben Gallego

My dad was a civil servant, and my mum was a secretary.

— Julia Davis

My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company.

— Eva Herzigova

I always thought I'd become an immigration lawyer.

— Su-chin Pak

My mother took care of us until my father scrammed, and then she ended up working in the small-factory sector of New Jersey with…

— Junot Diaz

I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record…

— Gloria Estefan

I am a granddaughter of immigrants, put myself through college as a waitress, and I started my career as a computer programmer.

— Jacky Rosen

I come from labor country. My mom was a teacher and was very involved in the teachers' union.

— John Wells

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

— Laurie Metcalf

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

— P. Chidambaram

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

— Jim Parrack

I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job.

— Walter Wager

My parents were workers. My mom, especially in my high school years, was a stock clerk at Kmart... My dad was a bartender that…

— Marco Rubio