Who had a hand in raising you, other than your parents?

Follow-up: How did you stay out of trouble?

Asked at Marina Public Library.

DONNA WILL | Babysitter | Prunedale

A: My older sister. Both of my parents worked. My dad was in the military so he was always gone. She always had dinner on the table before both of them came home.

Waterworks: Growing up in Marina, I did swimming.

MIKE GARCIA | Journalist | Salinas

A: I come from a family of six, and there was always a brother or a sister there.

Out of the Blocks: I ran track in high school.

PETRA SALAZAR | Homemaker | Oaxaca, Mexico

A: My grandfather and grandmother helped raise me. I grew up very traditionally. I wasn’t allowed to go to school like the boys. Girls only marry.

Close Quarters: I worked alongside my father picking in the fields. I was never out of his sight.