METRO WEEKLY: Let’s start with your childhood.ANNISE PARKER: I grew up in Houston. I’m a Houstonian.
And both my parents were born in Houston. And even though Houston’s a big, sprawling city, I grew up out in the rural outskirts of Houston.
And so I had the best of both worlds. I had the opportunity to be near a big, vibrant city. But I grew up near cows and horse pastures.MW: How many siblings do you have?PARKER: I have one one sibling, who’s 15 months younger.MW: What were your parents like?PARKER: One of the blessings in my life is that both my mother and my grandmother were college graduates.