Freddy was born and raised in the border city of El Paso, Texas. His parents are old school Mexican-Americans whose views often fuel family conflict. Freddy reenacted these stories with his high-energy and hilarious point of view. "Every...Read on
No, Freddy, we're all just people.' Really? I hope you get mugged. Then we'll see how sensitive you are. 'Who mugged you?' 'Oh, it was a person.' 'What'd he look like?' 'Just people, really.'
My dad used to just step on the roaches, and then he would just leave them there. We're like, 'Dad, you want to pick it up? We're in the kitchen.' 'No, leave it, so the others know what's waiting for them.'
My parents were young. They were like 15 or 16 when they had me. I was in kindergarten; they were still in high school. I remember it like it was yesterday. I used to see them in the hallway.