Meet Tee, Your favorite Chola🥀

Meet Tee, your favorite Chola! Her parents are from Mexico but she lived in East Los Angeles and then moved to the high desert area. Tee comes from a large family with 3 older siblings and one younger. Tee’s childhood area was not the best but it was more structured than today. Just at the age of 10, she’s come across many things, from a dead body to see fights. She lost her sister at the age of 12 who was her best friend! She did everything she could for her and to protect her, but she noticed after her sister passed everything at home started to change. She felt the need to walk around on, “eggshells”.

After her parents started to make her feel uncomfortable at home Tee turned to the streets and started to run away from home. She chose to take her life in a different direction from this point on. At age 13 she placed herself in juvenile hall because of a burglary she committed. At 14, she tried meth for the first time and got addicted to it. She wasn’t claiming a neighborhood, but she was already hanging out with the gangs in the area. Her preference was to be out on the streets than doing anything else with her family. Tee took this as a coping method due to her sister's passing.

Tee’s Dad also took it hard. He felt the need to hit the kids, and Tee’s Mom. As Tee was growing up and getting into relationships she adapted to it and accepted it thinking that it was okay. One of her previous relationships was not the brightest. Tee’s ex would put hands on her but she still stuck to his side because she was scared to leave. Her ex would tell her he “wouldn't let her be happy as long as he’s alive.” He also pulled a gun on her and pulled the trigger, but by the grace of God the gun jammed on him. As Tee was getting older she realized it wasn’t okay and decided to leave her ex-boyfriend, but her Mom was telling her stuff like, “Well, now what are people going to say about you?” But Tee didn’t care what people had to say or think. She felt the need to break the cycle because she had a daughter and didn’t want her to think it was ok to happen.

Tee’s reason for turning to the streets was due to her not finding the love she wanted at home. Once she was running away from her she was finding the love that she wanted, but now only from the people but meth was a comfort for her. She had the support in the streets that she'd never had. The homegirl's moms were always there when Tee needed something, just as little as letting her take a shower. After Tee’s Mom found out what she was really doing she would go to the streets looking for Tee at 2-3 am. Her Mom had to sneak out to look for her or visit her in juvenile hall because her Dad wouldn’t let her. Tee’s Dad was harsh on her and took it as if she wanted to be out and do her own shit then let her. Her Dad was the same way, he experienced the same thing Tee was doing because he left home at the age of 13.

We asked, “Was there ever a time you were scared of the streets?” Tee responded, “Of course, especially as a female.” There were times she had to fight her way out. Her homies would question why she was here because there were times when she would be there for 2 or 3 days straight. When they would push her out, she would make herself get busted before she even tried to go back home. She would then do anything to get herself locked up.

Tee started to get locked up at the age of 13 for burglary, for which she was sentenced to 8 months. She served 3 of those 8 months in San Bernardino Juvenile Hall and later transferred to YA to serve the remaining of her sentence. Tee’s experience in YA was not the greatest. She said, “a lot of shit goes down in YA, it could be worse than prison sometimes.” From 13-to 17 years old, she was constantly in and out of jail from serving days to weeks, to months.

While Tee was not doing the best things she still loved school. She was still managing to get her schoolwork done to still be able to graduate. One day Tee’s Mom caught her going back to school and she had a meeting with the principal and was shocked to find out what he had to say. He told her that Tee was one of the very few students with the most credits. Tee would go to school on one of the most important days which was testing day to make sure she was still on track to graduate. He did tell her she had poor attendance and unfortunately, she wasn’t able to walk on graduation day.

From 17-to 22 years old, she was doing good for herself. During those 5 years, she was accomplishing a lot. Not only was Tee staying sober but she managed to go to college, got her Medical Assistant License, became a Certified Nursing Assistant, and also got a license to file taxes. At the age of 20, her boyfriend at the time also landed her in the hospital. During her visit to the hospital, she found out that she was three months pregnant with her son and at 21 she gave birth to her first son. While Tee was doing good she was still around the people and activities that she used to do.

Tee happened to get lucky again and her ex got convicted of a 12-year sentence so she was able to escape with no problem, but throughout those 12 years, her son never met his Dad. His Dad is institutionalized and really isn’t sure how to be a father figure. All he knows is the streets. Tee’s kids see her husband as their father figure and love him all.

At age 22 Tee started to go back to her old habits. In 2010 Tee caught her first major case in which she was fighting a 10-year sentence. Tee had a codefendant and he helped her because he took most of the blame. The case closed out and he served eight years term and she got a 16-month term.

“What’s your take on today's youngsters that are getting into gang culture?” She said there used to be more structure on what you can and can’t do. “Today, you can’t even walk to school or the store because they’ll rob you just for your phone or something.” She also said today's generation doesn’t want to fight anymore all they want to do is shoot.

Fan Questions:

“Does she ever see her young Chola days come out sometimes?” She said of course but she knows how to handle it in a professional way.

“What’s her advice to a single Mom that’s addicted to meth and coke?” Tee said, “I feel like she needs to really sit back and appreciate that she still has her kids because at one point I lost my kids to D.C.S. because I was out there on drugs and stuff and that was the worst thing that could happen to a mother, but I hope she can do better and wants to do better. I mean kids aren’t dumb they notice the difference. You can do better because we are better.” Tee does want you to know that you are more than welcome to reach out and seek advice from her. She is more than happy to help you mentally and mentor you.

“Now that you’re doing better do your parents look at you differently or still the same?” Tee said “My Dad has told me he’s proud of me. My mom, I think after so many disappointments. I don’t expect it from her but I know she is there are times she brings things up, but my mom is the type who will always talk shit but she always supports me.”

“How’s your relationship with your Dad?” She’s always been attached to him, she’s a daddy’s girl if they ever asked for things he would get them for them but when it's bad it's bad, and when it's good it's really good.

“Knowing what she’s been through, how does she deal with her past life?” Tee said, “If I could go back I would give that little girl a hug. Like I said I'm blessed to be alive.”

“I’m addicted to meth but I’m pregnant!” Tee advised you to seek medical help, and you might not want to lose the baby but they drug test babies when you give birth. Don’t be selfish and give your baby a chance.

Tee lost her kids to D.C.S. due to her relapsing and getting addicted to meth again. Her mom was the one who contacted D.C.S. but her mom never thought that they would actually take her kids from her. She thought they would go and scare Tee straight so she could stop. She thought she was helping her by contacting them. Tee was never mad at her because she wanted to get clean but never knew how to ask because she was embarrassed. Unfortunately, they notified Tee’s mom that they are unable to go to her house due to it being too small for the kids. They sought another family member and fortunately Tee’s brother was able to take them in. If they weren’t able to find anyone the kids were going to be placed in foster homes temporarily until Tee completed her classes and did drug tests. It took her a little over a year to finish the classes and drug tests. Tee said that it was the worst time of her life because the social worker she had made her life a “living fucken hell.” During that time Tee was also pregnant with her little one but she was already doing good. Tee found out from other people that were also taking classes that her social worker is a “bitch” to everyone. It pisses Tee off because they are supposed to be there for them and help guide them. Tee said, “It’s social workers like her that are failing the system.” Fortunately, Tee got a different social worker and was able to get her kids back.

Today Tee is now married to someone she truly loves, has her kids with her, and manages an apartment complex. Tee lives life to the fullest every day and loves to spend time with her family!

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Make sure you follow Tee on all social media platforms! She will also be launching another interview today with another company. So keep an eye out on her Instagram!

Tee also has one interview out with “Hood Stocks” feel free to click the link below to watch.

Your Favorite Chola Interview with Hood Stocks: https://youtu.be/aOK1kJDFBaQ