Rosalinda Paredes Sales - Macapobre

in her generation, they were among the youngest which means by the time that this project began, most of her uncles and aunts are either dead or senile. there is little memory, stories about them are scarce.

rosalinda was part of a second family. cenon, her father, had a family prior to meeting felipa, her mother. she lived with her half brother - cenon jr, and her other sibling romeo and cenon ll. they all lived in a kind of chalet in malabon street. the land was rented but the house is theirs.

rosalinda has vague memories of her mother. one time, her mother would give her balot to fight her fevered convulsions. rosalinda remembers a trip to quiapo where (with felipa, her mother) would buy them. she doesnt remember her face, having died during the second world war. she was less than five years old.

rosalinda took grade school in francisco balagtas elementary school, in sta. cruz, manila. near her home at malabon street. she remembers having 10 cents for snack (baon). there werent much of anything then. it was the second world war. the whole country and manila was occupied by japan.

she took high school at arellano highschool. and her commerce degree at the philippine college of commerce (now known as the polytechnic university of the philippines).

roslinda worked for philippine national bank (PNB) - illigan office where she met her current husband. she got married on april 21, 1967 to romeo tejana macapobre. she worked for philippine national bank (PNB), the main office for several years. she worked in the states (au califronie) for a couple of months a year as caregiver. her first assignment was mrs queen who was a former miss america in the 1920s.