Irma Mireles was born in 1947 in Martindale, Texas and graduated from Breckenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas. In the interest of social justice, she has worked with the San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization (SANYO), the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), and the Committee for Barrio Betterment. She served as Chair of the Bexar County Raza Unida Party and as secretary for the national convention of the Raza Unida Party held in El Paso, Texas. In 1972, she worked in Mexico City under the Texas Institute for Educational Development. Irma Mireles served as president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 633 in San Antonio and served in office at both district and state levels. She won election to the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) in 1976. A single mother who never married, she moved to Alaska in 1990, and was employed by the city and borough of Juneau. She was appointed to the state advisory committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, joined the parish council of her church, and was elected to the national board of NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. At the time of the interview, she had returned to Texas and was living in San Antonio.
From the description of Oral history interview with Irma Mireles, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 318996000
