Hi my name is Elizabeth Marinero. I came to Oakland when I was 14 years old. I grew up in Bayamon, Puerto Rico before I emigrated to the United States. My father moved the family often while I was growing up. We went to New York and Dallas and many other cities before settling in Oakland.
My first job in the U.S. was as a copyist at Merill Lynch when I was 19. I worked at Merill Lynch for seven years and then I decided to go to Alameda beauty school to learn the profession. My mom was a hair stylist and she had a beauty salon in Oakland which she started in 1980 and I grew up in her shop.