Despite the bleak economic conditions, her mother, an Italian immigrant, and her father, the child of immigrants, were intent on realizing the American dream for themselves and their five children.

尽管他们那时面临着严峻的经济情况，她的母亲，一名来自意大利的移民，以及她的父亲，一名移民之子，都决心要使他们的美国梦，实现在他们两人和五名子女的身上。