Mu nthawi ya ntchito yake yogwira ntchito Jessica Alba adaganiza kuti inali nthawi yoti iye ayang'ane mipata yatsopano. Poyankhulana ndi Merper wa Merper, wochita zachikale wazaka 39, yemwe adakhala wabizinesi, adauza momwe mwana woyamba kubadwa mwana woyamba kubadwa, malingaliro ake adasinthidwa.
"Mayi anga anali ndi khansa ndili ndi zaka zocheperako, anali pang'ono 20. Ndinabadwa ndi matenda osachiritsika. Ndili ndi zaka 11 ndinasuntha ntchito zisanu, nthawi zambiri ndimakhala m'chipatala chambiri ndili mwana. Nthawi ina ndinamvetsetsa: Ndikufuna kukhala ndi moyo, ndikufuna kuyenda bwino ndikukhala ndi mwana. Ndinazindikira kuti thanzi langa ndilofunika kwambiri. Ndinkafunanso mwana wanga bwino. Zimakhala zovuta kusangalala mukadwala. Ndi zomwe zidandichititsa. Ndinali pamwamba pa ntchito yochita ntchito, koma sindinathe kupitiliza kuzichita mochokera pansi pa mtima monga kale. Sindinali wokondweretsedwa kwambiri, "alba anagawana. A Jessica adakwatiwa ndi Cantam Donnrn ndikumuuza ana atatu: wazaka 12, wazaka 10 ndi Hace wazaka zitatu ndi Hace wazaka zitatu.
Mu 2012, Alba adakhazikitsa chizindikiro kampani yoona mtima, yomwe imatulutsa zachilengedwe kukhala ochezeka, osapanga zigawo za mankhwala, kuphatikizapo ana.
"Mwana wamkazi atabadwa, ndinazindikira kuti ndikufuna zinthu zambiri. Koma kumanga mtundu wanu ndi kovuta. Komanso kuvuta kwambiri kuti mupange izi ndikuthandizira kuti chikhale bwino. Ndinkafunikira zaka zitatu kuposa chaka chimodzi chopeza anzawo. Anthu ambiri anakana. Ndimayesetsa kukula ndikukula ngati bizinesi, koma apa mukufunikira maluso osiyanasiyana kuposa mukamagwiritsa ntchito dzina lanu, lembani dzina lanu ndikukonzekera uning.