My 2nd child, endured and overcame domestic violence. I quit working at Little Caesars and the bakery and started working at the Morongo Casino as a main cage cashier. I became highly active for my Tribe and started cooking at different events. Since 1996, I have been cooking at POW WOW’s and fiesta gatherings and started my own catering business named Papa Lango’s, named after my Grampa LLoyd Duro III. At age 18, I was a single mother who held 3 jobs (1st job Little Caesars, 2nd job Del Taco, I became a shift leader, and 3rd job at a bakery)

I graduated from New Herizons independent school in 1995 at age 18, when my daughter was 5months. Daughter of Frank and Laverne Franco, an enrolled member of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, from the Isil Clan, (coyote).Īt age 15, I attended Beauty College, was a survivor of domestic violence, and was a teen mother (I had my first child at age 17). I helped raised my nieces, nephews, cousins and many family members. Desiree Franco, I am a proud mother of 6 children and 6 grandchildren.

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