At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 magnum. – Susana Martinez
I hope Ive been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and youre committed to fight for your education, that anythings possible. – Susana Martinez
I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They wont offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else. – Susana Martinez
As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask Are you Susana? and they run up and give me a hug. – Susana Martinez
My first memory of the Rolling Stones is listening to Satisfaction at a sixth-grade slumber party at a friends house in Ankara, Turkey, where my family was living at the time. In the middle of our sleepover, my friends dad stopped the record when he heard the words girlie action! – Gayle King