Based on the events in Barrio boy, the best inference about Ernesto's mother is that she is a no-nonsense kind of woman.
This is evident in how people threaten to report Ernesto to his mother whenever he does something wrong.
Both Ernesto, his mother and other relatives were immigrants from Mexico. His mother had value for education. She made him read a cook book.
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