MAMI: The Remarkable Jenny

Mirna Alfonso

I want to talk about my mother; She was a saint. I mean, she was a holy person, in that she had empathy, did not look down on anyone, was not racist, and was kind to everyone.

That said, at 4 -foot-11 inches, she was formidable.

This was a woman who gathered her then-four children and flew on a two-engine plane to join my dad in New York.