Penny Ayarzagoitia

“Chisme” is the Spanish word for gossip, and Penny often finds herself at the center of it. The fact that she has a stripper pole in the middle of her living room doesn’t help to quiet the chatter about her in the conservative Mexican-American community of San Antonio. Penny doesn’t care, she’s been breaking tradition her entire life. Like many in the group, Penny was born in the U.S. but spent her youth in Mexico. She’s worked hard to build a successful real estate company with her husband Raul, and the two work as a team raising their two sons. As you might guess, the last word you’d use to describe their marriage is “machista.”