This transcript has been edited. Evan Fleischer: Why The Mission? Why start a story with a sidewalk funeral? Why this story? Olivia Peña: Well, I was born and slightly raised in San Francisco — I was definitely born there — EF: (Laughs.) OP: My parents are divorced, so I lived split between The Mission and where my Mom lives, which is in Vacaville, a little bit north. It was an interesting split arrangement: my Mom actually worked in San Francisco, so we'd go to school and then every day after school, she’d drive us to my Dad's house and we'd stay there till three in the morning. She’d drive us back, we’d go to school, and we’d do the same thing. And every weekend we were at my Dad's house.
A Chat with Olivia Peña.
A Chat with Olivia Peña.
A Chat with Olivia Peña.
This transcript has been edited. Evan Fleischer: Why The Mission? Why start a story with a sidewalk funeral? Why this story? Olivia Peña: Well, I was born and slightly raised in San Francisco — I was definitely born there — EF: (Laughs.) OP: My parents are divorced, so I lived split between The Mission and where my Mom lives, which is in Vacaville, a little bit north. It was an interesting split arrangement: my Mom actually worked in San Francisco, so we'd go to school and then every day after school, she’d drive us to my Dad's house and we'd stay there till three in the morning. She’d drive us back, we’d go to school, and we’d do the same thing. And every weekend we were at my Dad's house.