Elfida Marquez Gutiérrez, born Elfida Marquez, is a first generation Mexican American who grew up in Fort Hancock in Hudspeth County, Texas, where in high school, she was a cheerleader and president of both student council and Future Homemakers of America (FHA). She attended Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, where she met her husband whom she married in 1970. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in elementary education in 1976 and her Master's Degree in bilingual education in 1977 from the University of Texas at El Paso where she was active in the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA). Early in her career, she began teaching in Ysleta, Texas and worked with the Head Start Program. She served as an assistant principal at Socorro High School. At the time of the interview, she was principal of Hueco Elementary School, and had served as an appointee to the El Paso Community College Board, a position to which she had just been elected. She was a member of the Texas Association of Latino Community College Trustees and Vice Chair of the national Association of Latino Community College Trustees. At the time of the interview, she was a member of the Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD) and the Tejano Democrats. In 2009, she was an associate superintendent in the El Paso Independent School District.
From the description of Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 320243603
