Terri Rivera

• Name: Terri Rivera

• Age: 51

• Family: Husband, Raul; four daughters, seven grandchildren

• City of residence: Colusa

• What do you like to do for the holidays? Decorating and cooking

• Occupation: Workshop facilitator for the Colusa County One Stop Partnership Life Skills Program

• What is your dream job? I want to have my own business, a craft supply and party supply store.

• Hobbies, interests: Arts, crafts, making jewelry and I am a painter

• Where do you get your news? Television

• What brought you to the Mid-Valley area? Born and raised here.

• What keeps you in the Mid-Valley area? My mother — she is 91 years old — and it's a great place to raise children.

• What is the closest you've been to a famous person? At a Friday Night Live conference in Los Angeles about four years ago I walked by actress Angela Bassett. She was friends with the motivational speaker.

• Favorite type of music: Oldies, from the 1950s and '60s

• Favorite television show: "Glee"

• Favorite sports team: 49ers

• Whom do you most admire and why? My mother — she raised 17 kids practically by herself; she had a rough childhood and married life. She's 91 and still making tortillas.

• Tell us about a life-changing experience: My recovery from drugs and alcohol.

• What was your first job as a kid? Prune picker

• If you were in charge, what would you change about the community? I would like to see more Hispanic representation on the City Council and more inclusion in the community.

• What was the last good book you read? "A Child Called It" by David Pelzer. I started reading it and couldn't put it down.

• Favorite movie: "A Knights' Tale"

• Favorite actor/actress: Heath Ledger/Sandra Bullock

• Pet peeve: People who steal decorations from the front of your house.

• What are you passionate about? People being good role models for young people and giving their time to teens.

• What do you want for your birthday? My own business!