Gloria, 52, wore a brimmed hat, sunglasses, and exuded style. With her winning smile and perfect teeth Gloria projected an easy confidence. When we first met she instantly offered me her apartment, a vacation rental, in Oaxaca City. Although I met Gloria at the Children’s Library, I conducted our interview at another playground within the community. She has been coming here for many years and gets together with other park nannies in her off-hours. Gloria declares proudly, “I am famous in this park!”
Gloria has three grown children, all surgeons, though she herself completed only six years of school in Mexico where her children’s natural father lives. He insists on remaining there on the grounds that it costs too much to live in the United States where “all the money goes to food and rent.” With only one 10 month-old baby girl to watch, Gloria went into detail about her early years in America. Her boyfriend of 18 years had been unfaithful with three girlfriends over an extended period of time. He told her he was moving out to marry one of them. She described being “sick with menopause and diabetes,” aggravated by the food she had been eating while traveling abroad with her former client family. One of her sons stepped in to support and advise her, and they now share a rented apartment. With three children who were surgeons, a 401K, a vacation rental in Mexico, and a swinging senior social life, Gloria’s profile was like no other.
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