Fávila, Irene, 1955-

Irene Fávila was born Irene Salas in 1955 in Lockney, Texas. She worked with her parents every summer as a migrant farm worker until she graduated high school in 1973. She graduated from Southwest Business College and worked as a court reporter in Amarillo. She was a member of the Council of Governments and served as chairperson of the Human Relations Commission for the City of Plainview. She was first elected to the Plainview City Council in 1992, making her the first Mexican American woman to be elected to do so. At the time of the interview, she was serving her second elected term in office, working as the director of Motivation, Education and Training (MET), was a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) chapter 4452, and had been elected as vice president of the National Hispanic Institute.

From the description of Oral history interview with Irene Fávila, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 328641498