All this talk of the wise Latina overcoming poverty is bunk. Her mom was a nurse so she had a solid middle class paycheck. In those days that was meant for a family of 4 so they had plenty of diposable income. On top of that they lived in city housing so their rent was very low. She is said to having been poor because all Puertoricans are supposed to be poor just like all Blacks live in the ghetto.This is the media story for you and everybody accepts it at face value. And what other great battle has the wise Latina won? Overcoming the fact that she has lived in the Latin neighbourhood.