A Singing Journey

My Name Is Inez A. Lasso. I Was Born In 1937 In The South Bronx Of Nyc The Youngest Of Four Children. My Mother A Singing Contest Winner In Her Youth Filled Our Lives With Music Singing With The Radio As She Cared For Us. She Turned The Poverty Of The Bronx Into A Happy Home For Us And Singing And Songwriting Into A Lifelong Passion For Me. After Graduation From Jamaica High School In 1954 I Had My First Job With The Chase Manhattan Bank In Times Square As A Stenographer. Then I Had The Opportunity To Join A Religious Organization The Young Christian Workers As A Lay Missionary In Bogota Colombia. I Tell Of The Work I Did To Form New Groups And Of The Young People I Met Who Were Enthusiastic About The Movement And Hoped To Have A Better Life. I Met My Future Husband In Colombia And He Came To New York Where We Got Married On June 16 1961. We Lived In Jackson Heights N.Y. And Had 2 Children Elena And Diana. We Then Moved To Albuquerque New Mexico As A Better Place To Raise Them. Our Third Daughter Julie Was Born In Albuquerque. I Always Worked As A Legal Secretary And Decided When I Turned 40 Yrs. Old That I Wanted To Have A Job That Made A Difference In The World - I Wanted To Be A Lawyer Who Fought For The Rights Of Women Who Felt Powerless. I Enrolled In The University Of Albuquerque And Received My Bachelor Of Business Administration; May 16 1981. My Masters Certificate; From The Antioch School Of Law For Equal Opportunity Law On February 15 1983...And My Juris Doctor From The University Of New Mexico On May 16 1984. I Divorced My First Husband In 1985 After 22 Years Of Marriage. I Tell Of My Life As A Student And My Life As An Attorney At Law And In Retirement As An Administrative Hearing Officer A/Ka The Judge. I Tell Of My Second Life With New Husband After I Moved To D.C. To Work As A Lawyer With The Dept. Of Labor. He Is A Blind Bluegrass Musician And I Was Able To Join Him As A Harmony Singer In His Band In Weekend Gigs. We Were Marr