 In Ciudad Juarez, his father was a high school principal, but in Los Angeles he worked in a dog food factory, a paint factory, in construction, and selling pots and pans and Bibles.He retired as a laboratory custodian at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, California.Luis's mother, who is descended from the Raramuri, a people indigenous to Chihuahua, was a school secretary but in Los Angeles, she worked cleaning homes and in the garment industry when she was not taking care of the children.