[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2299-H2300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CONGRATULATING MARIA ESTHER ESTRADA CAMPOS

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my friend, 
Maria Esther Estrada Campos, on receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane 
Letters from the University of Houston.
  Esther has been a trailblazer in public education and is a public 
servant and a champion for civil rights. After Jefferson Davis--now 
Northside--High School, she went to the University of Houston. While 
raising four children of her own, Esther completed her degree and 
became one of the first bilingual instructors hired by the Houston 
Independent School District, and later was a counselor and an assistant 
principal--something that was almost unheard of back in the fifties. 
All of this was nearly unheard of, but she continued on.
  She retired early from HISD to win a seat on its board of trustees. 
In Houston, if people were organizing for the

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betterment of the Latino community, Esther Campos was there. Esther 
continued her own education and began earning a Ph.D., but serious 
family challenges made it impossible for her to finish. We hope that an 
honorary degree from her alma mater serves as a recognition for all she 
has done.
  Congratulations to Esther for her great work.
  Felicidades. Bien hecho.

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