May 2, 2015
@
10:30 am
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1:00 pm
Agenda
- 10:30 – Coffee, Snacks and Conversation
- 11:00 – Business Meeting
- 11:30 (Approximately) – Educational Presentation
Title: ‘
Ancestors of Mexican American Leaders Who Helped Shape Dallas‘
Speaker:
Susan P Vega
Susan will present a genealogical summary of three prominent Dallas Hispanics whose family trees were published in the Hispanic Organization for Genealogy and Research (HOGAR) journals. In the 2013 journal, HOGAR published the family tree of the Honorable Anita N. Martinez, the first female Mexican American on the Dallas City Council, in 2014, the late Pancho Luna of Luna’s Tortilla and in the 2015, Mr. Pedro Aguirre, FAIA, CEO, Aguirre-Roden, Architecture.
Susan will focus on the ancestral lines of these three native Dallasites who can trace their family roots to the conquistadors that accompanied Hernan Cortez and to those core families who arrived in North American shortly after the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s eventually migrating to Northern Mexico and Texas.
A Dallas native and a eleventh generation Texan, Susan has joined the research efforts of her mother, Jo Ann Cantu Valentin, President of HOGAR, and her aunt, Gloria Cantu, Secretary of HOGAR as historians for their family. With over 20 years of experience in the escrow industry, Susan currently is an Escrow Officer with the Law Office of Kyle Coleman PC. She is also the secretary of the DMAHL – Dallas Mexican American Historical League; 2014 Ambassador Council – President, 2013 Ambassador Team Lead Award of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce; Board Member of the Little Elm Chamber of Commerce; Board Member/Ambassador of the Prosper Chamber of Commerce.
Susan will present a genealogical summary of three prominent Dallas Hispanics whose family trees were published in the Hispanic Organization for Genealogy and Research (HOGAR) journals. In the 2013 journal, HOGAR published the family tree of the Honorable Anita N. Martinez, the first female Mexican American on the Dallas City Council, in 2014, the late Pancho Luna of Luna’s Tortilla and in the 2015, Mr. Pedro Aguirre, FAIA, CEO, Aguirre-Roden, Architecture.
Susan will focus on the ancestral lines of these three native Dallasites who can trace their family roots to the conquistadors that accompanied Hernan Cortez and to those core families who arrived in North American shortly after the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s eventually migrating to Northern Mexico and Texas.
A Dallas native and a eleventh generation Texan, Susan has joined the research efforts of her mother, Jo Ann Cantu Valentin, President of HOGAR, and her aunt, Gloria Cantu, Secretary of HOGAR as historians for their family. With over 20 years of experience in the escrow industry, Susan currently is an Escrow Officer with the Law Office of Kyle Coleman PC. She is also the secretary of the DMAHL – Dallas Mexican American Historical League; 2014 Ambassador Council – President, 2013 Ambassador Team Lead Award of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce; Board Member of the Little Elm Chamber of Commerce; Board Member/Ambassador of the Prosper Chamber of Commerce.
