Growing up Irma had the same struggles that any other Mexican American child did back in the nineteen thirties and forties. Her father was a farmer and merchant, owning a bar, two barbershops, and several other stores, while her mother was a dressmaker who owned her own shop. Growing up as a “Tejana”, Irma and her family on several occasions, dealt with racism. These trials, however, never stopped her family from breaking down barriers.
Growing up Irma had the same struggles that any other Mexican American child did back in the nineteen thirties and forties. Her father was a farmer and merchant, owning a bar, two barbershops, and several other stores, while her mother was a dressmaker who owned her own shop. Growing up as a “Tejana”, Irma and her family on several occasions, dealt with racism. These trials, however, never stopped her family from breaking down barriers.