Rabago, Maria Teresa

Maria Teresa Rabago (Terrie) was born in Edinburg, Texas, to Juan Rabago and Maria Elena Hinojosa. Raised in a close-knit family with seven siblings, Rabago graduated from Edinburg High School in 1970, and went on to attend Pan American University in Edinburg where she studied marketing. She later obtained a degree from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, with a concentration in Spanish.

After moving to Austin in 1980, Rabago held a series of professional positions, beginning with her job as Marking Information Coordinator at Execucom Systems (1980-1987), in which she marketed computer software to corporate executives and managers. She went on to work as an administrative assistant at the Spanish and Portuguese Department at the University of Texas (1987-1989) where her responsibilities included course scheduling, student registration and textbook liaison.

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