Biography of hector p. garcia

Many veterans are remembered and honored for their valiant actions on the battlefield, but for Dr. They settled in Mercedes, a city near the US-Mexico border. His parents were incredibly dedicated to education, encouraging their children to pursue the highest level of education available. This was an incredible feat for that time, as Mexican Americans faced both legal and social segregationist practices in Texas that barred them from fully accessing the political, educational, and economic opportunities that existed in America.

By the time Dr. Del Rio Independent School District. These actions had limited success.

Hector p garcia childhood

Segregated Mexican American schools were the norm in Texas — advocates of the practice of segregating Mexican American students argued that such schools would suit students who spoke Spanish rather than English, despite the reality that many students quickly became proficient in English or spoke English from infancy. Racist ideologies promoted the belief that Mexican Americans had poor hygiene, making it unsafe for them to study alongside white students, and the belief that Mexican Americans were racially inferior to white Americans and incapable of meeting the same educational standards as white students.

He studied in the White Course, which prepared male citizens in different arms of the military and prepared them to become specialists and noncommissioned leaders. So great was their dedication that Dr. After graduating High School Dr. He commuted to campus from his home in Mercedes, a 30 mile journey completed largely through hitchhiking.

He was accepted into the University of Texas at Austin in , where he graduated with a degree in zoology in He was one of the top students in his graduating class.