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00:00It takes a strong team to run a stallion barn effectively, and at Pleasant Acres Farm, there
00:06are no better teammates than the husband and wife duo of Roberto and Leticia Vera.
00:11Roberto has worked in the stallion business in Florida for nearly 30 years.
00:15Four years ago, he married his wife Leticia, who had never worked with horses prior to
00:19moving to the United States, but she was a quick learner, and today, the couple works
00:23side by side in caring for the stallions at Pleasant Acres.
00:27We're from the same town in Mexico, but when I left, like I said, when I left Mexico, I
00:32was 15, so we never met, personally, in person, but we met through Facebook.
00:39From there, we got to talk, and we wanted to meet.
00:44I went to Mexico to see her.
00:46Three years ago, we got married, and my brother here, she didn't have any experience working
00:51with horses or anything, but she's a fast learner.
00:55She's done a great job, I think, and I feel, I work with her, and I feel pretty comfortable
01:01working with her, because I really trust her, because I know I look out for her, and she
01:05looks out for me, and so I think we're doing a good job.
01:26Well, sometimes it's a little rough, let's say it this way, but no, we work pretty good
01:33together.
01:34I mean, like I say, you know, it's actually 24-7.
01:40It's just very nice.
01:41We try to balance whatever disagreements we have, but, you know, she is a pretty hard
01:49working woman, and I think I'm pretty fortunate to have her with me.
01:54We work as a team.
01:55We do everything together.
01:57We've been working here, what, four years?
01:59When we started, I think there was 14, and then the following year, 16, so we're down
02:05to 12 again, but they keep us pretty busy.
02:08But in this, we have our hands full with, we feel very proud to work with this one,
02:15because they have really good, good staff, I mean, really good horses.
02:19The people, like Mr. Joe, Ms. Helen, Ms. Christine, they're just such wonderful people to work
02:24for.
02:25I mean, just, you can't ask for anybody better.
02:27I don't think there's anybody better.
02:29I'm a big believer that if you enjoy what you do, you do a better job.
02:33I love my job.
02:34I enjoy my job.
02:35I enjoy what I do.