Ellen Ochoa My Childhood

Hi, my name is Ellen Ochoa I was born on May 10,1958 on Los Angeles; California but I grew up on La Mesa, California. My parents are Joe and Rosanne Ochoa. My dad left my mom when I was little leaving my mom with five kids to raise ages between six to sixteen , it was harsh living with out a dad but my mom was really supportive so I got over it. I have sister and 3 brothers. When I was little I started to play the flute I got really passioned about it thanks to my mom . My mom gave my sister , my brothers and I instruments , which we learned to play on the orchestra band in the public school we went .I was an A student and I got allot of honors in Stanford University.When I was little I never imagined being an astronaut and as I grew up I became and astronaut and I was the first Hispanic women to go to space.