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Sylvia Preciado (February 26, 2013) |
“Mom used to like to see people work. That was the nicest thing she could say about anybody, was that they were ‘trabajadora,’ or hardworking. We knew that aside from being honest, that was important,” Cross remembers. “Sylvia definitely embodies that.”
Cross says her sister carries a kind of quiet strength that is “polite but that should not be taken that for granted. It doesn’t mean she’s a pushover — she’s a strong person with manners. She can be really tough.”
Preciado-Platero says she was infinitely inspired by her mother, and even in high school, while others dreamed of life outside the home, she clung to the idea of keeping a home and taking care of others.
“It sounds silly, but I always wanted to be a housewife,” she laughs.
Rekindling of a Friendship
Although they met in seventh grade, Preciado-Platero and Miguel (Mike) Platero didn’t strike up anything more than friendship until 1979, a year after they graduated high school.
In high school Mike was every part of the “bad boy you weren’t supposed to date,” she says. He had long hair and wore sandals, but when he showed up at a party a year later, he was clean cut.
Platero had joined the Navy and seemed different, more mature.
When a mutual friend was killed, Preciado-Platero wrote Mike a letter of condolence.
“I didn’t think anything of it, it was just a note, but we started talking,” she remembers.
Through two tours in the Navy, the couple stuck it out together. They were married in 1982 and their first child, Miguel Jr., was born in 1983.
“Mike never lost himself. He was the kind of guy who always encouraged you to speak out and do what was right. You wanted him on your side. He would provide you with strength,” Preciado-Platero says of her late husband.
Read more about Preciado-Platero in the February 2013 edition of Valley Women Magazine in print or our online E-Edition.
Cross says her sister carries a kind of quiet strength that is “polite but that should not be taken that for granted. It doesn’t mean she’s a pushover — she’s a strong person with manners. She can be really tough.”
Preciado-Platero says she was infinitely inspired by her mother, and even in high school, while others dreamed of life outside the home, she clung to the idea of keeping a home and taking care of others.
“It sounds silly, but I always wanted to be a housewife,” she laughs.
Rekindling of a Friendship
Although they met in seventh grade, Preciado-Platero and Miguel (Mike) Platero didn’t strike up anything more than friendship until 1979, a year after they graduated high school.
In high school Mike was every part of the “bad boy you weren’t supposed to date,” she says. He had long hair and wore sandals, but when he showed up at a party a year later, he was clean cut.
Platero had joined the Navy and seemed different, more mature.
When a mutual friend was killed, Preciado-Platero wrote Mike a letter of condolence.
“I didn’t think anything of it, it was just a note, but we started talking,” she remembers.
Through two tours in the Navy, the couple stuck it out together. They were married in 1982 and their first child, Miguel Jr., was born in 1983.
“Mike never lost himself. He was the kind of guy who always encouraged you to speak out and do what was right. You wanted him on your side. He would provide you with strength,” Preciado-Platero says of her late husband.
Read more about Preciado-Platero in the February 2013 edition of Valley Women Magazine in print or our online E-Edition.
