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Child of working class Hispanic Americans
I stand here tonight humbled to share with you my story: the child of working class Hispanic Americans who has lived the American dream. The Proverbs tell us "from small beginnings come great things." My father was one of ten children.
My mother and her family lived in a tiny, two-bedroom house in the Southwest. Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.
When I was a boy, my parents brought us to Nevada in search of opportunity. My first job was cleaning sheep pens. In college, I worked in a hospital cafeteria.
I worked my way through law school.
Encouraged by my parents' love for this country, I dreamed of public service.
I became a state legislator, a gaming regulator, and attorney general of my state.
Source: 2012 Republican National Convention speech
, Aug 28, 2012
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