Albert Kauffman is a Jewish Mexican American who was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. During his undergraduate years at college in Boston, he worked with the Upward Bound Program. He went on to work with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) in rural Oregon and taught in Lake, Mississippi when schools there were first integrated in 1970. He began and has continued to work for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) in San Antonio since he received his law degree from the University of Texas in 1974. He is on the faculty of St. Mary's University School of Law and has served on the board of the Mexican American Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio.
From the description of Oral history interview with Albert H. Kauffman, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 319553152
