Tejano Voices Interviewees - By Region

Chacón, Alicia - El Paso (Interview date: 6/22/1996)

First woman elected county judge of a major urban county, El Paso, in 1990. She served on the Ysleta ISD School Board from 1970 to 1978, and was a committee woman on the Texas State Democratic Party Executive Committee. In 1974 she was elected County Clerk for El Paso County and in 1978 was appointed by President Carter as Regional Director of the Small Business Administration in Dallas. During the 1990s, Ms. Chacón served on the El Paso City Council and now is the Executive Director for the United Way in that city.

Sánchez, Rogelio - El Paso (Interview date: 6/21/1996)

County Commissioner for El Paso County, school teacher. Born 1921 in Coahuila, México, Sánchez came to the U.S. with his family in 1923 and settled in Fort Hancock, Texas. He received a degree from Sul Ross in Alpine, Texas, served with the Army in the South Pacific during World War II, and served as County Commissioner for over 35 years.