I didn't have the easiest time growing up; it's no secret. We were just poor.

Growing up in Paterson wasn't the easiest thing.

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

When I was growing up in the Philippines, the story that was read to me most was Pinocchio.