Garza Zamora, Cristina,
Cristina Garza Zamora was born Cristina Garza in 1935 in LaJoya, Texas. She attended Draughn's Business College in San Antonio and worked for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. She and her husband established the Laguna Zamora Scholarship Fund and were both active in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). In 1983, Ms. Zamora ran unsuccessfully for election to the Board of Trustees for the New Braunfels Independent School District. At the time of the interview, Ms. Zamora was serving her second term as Precinct 3 Commissioner for the Comal County Commissioner's Court, the first Mexican American woman elected to that entity.
From the description of Oral history interview with Cristina Garza Zamora, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 320375017
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