Guajardo Peña, Frances, 1947-2006,

Frances Guajardo Peña was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1947 where she graduated from Brackenridge High School. She obtained her associates degree from San Antonio College and attended Incarnate Word College and St. Mary's University. She was a junior member of LULAC and, as a student, she was involved in the Mexican-American Unity Council (MAUC), MANCO (Mexican American Neighborhood Civic Organization), the Brown Berets, and the Raza Unida Party. She married her first husband, Jesse Guerra, in 1969; they divorced in 1977. She was a community volunteer and active with Inner City Advocates, the Committee to Educate on Voting Rights and Procedures, and the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. She served as MAUC's Assistant Manpower Director and in other capacities on U.S. Department of Labor sponsored programs such as Project Learn to Build, Jobs '70, and Project SER. She lived in Corpus Christi during her first marriage, but returned to San Antonio after her divorce. At the time of the interview, she was married to Albert Peña (Jr.). She died in 2006.