Life And Accomplishments Of Guadelupe Valdez

The Life and Achievements of Guadelupe Valdez There are many historical legacies of Latinos in Texas. These people have helped others and impacted their communities in various ways. By diving deeper into these legacies and trying to find out which person to research, i have found that many people are quite similar. There is one person though that stands out from the crowd. She is not a star athlete, a famous singer, or a hollywood actor. She is someone who has dedicated their life to help others by making her community a safer and better place. Guadelupe “Lupe” Valdez was born to migrant workers, she has made a large influence on her city of Dallas, Texas by spreading law, order, and care even with her rocky and slow start. To show how Lupe

Many people who become successful in life had an easy startup, and those born poor usually stay poor. One exception to this is Lupe Valdez. She had a less than desirable start to life with migrant worker parents and living in harsh conditions. She eventually did manage to attend college and make a name for herself, but it wasn’t without hard work. Guadelupe Valdez was born in San Antonio in 1947, one of eight children in a family of migrant farm workers” (Pollock). With this, Valdez’s had very little property, “My dad built a trailer that would attach to the back of the car, and all our property would go in there” (Keyes). They would sleep in the car and when they would finally find work they would sleep in a small house, usually with one or two rooms. To clean the house Lupe’s mother would take buckets of water and spray it everywhere even if “There was no running water, but my dad would make an agreement with whoever he was working for that we would at least have a potbelly stove”

In case you haven’t heard, Lupe Valdez will be running for Texas Governor in 2018. She announced this five days before the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 primaries (Pollock). Valdez has called for “a “new Texas” that would put residents ahead of controversial policies like the sanctuary cities law, proposed bathroom bills other issues she said are on the fringe [sic]” (Jeffers). She has said that she knows it’s tough to decide whether to set aside money for college, food, or a place to live (Svitek). She has also said “Opportunity in Texas ought to be as big as this great state. . .”(Svitek), which is why she is running for Governor. Valdez will most likely be running against republican Greg Abbott, who will be wanting a second term this year (Svitek). With his money and republican popularity it will definitely be an uphill battle for Valdez. Abbott has “. . . built a $40 million-plus war chest for re-election”, and “Texas has not elected a Democrat to statewide office in over two decades” (Svitek). To add to this, there will also be six other Democrats competing for the spot which gives her less chance of winning (Pollock). Luckily for her, Valdez doesn’t see it that way. She’s said that “I don’t believe that we need 40, 60, 90 bazillion dollars. . . “, and that “Abbott may have the money - we’re going to have the people” (Pollock). Sadly Republicans reacted to Valdez’s run for governor by “ridiculing her as the Democrats’ last-ditch choice for