Wearing her royal robes, “I would walk maybe 20 feet, not even, and I'd be stopped for pictures. And then once I'm stopped, more people come up and ask for more pictures, which is amazing, and I love it,” she said. “But at the same time, I also want to shop. So there's upsides and downsides to it.”
Chris Sandoval (left) and her mother, Helen, at La Raza Park during a re-opening celebration in the Northside neighborhood on May 1, 2026.
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