Texas state Rep. Irma Rangel, a Kingsville Democrat who served 26 years in the Legislature, died March 18 at an Austin hospital of complications from brain cancer. She was 71. Ms. Rangel, the ...
Born in Kingsville in 1931, Rangel’s parents -- both orphaned before their teens -- raised three daughters during the Depression. Her father struggled to receive his education since he worked as a ...
Esmeralda Martínez, high school Spanish and leadership teacher, LULAC sponsor, during a class at the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School . Dallas ISD has more than a dozen schools named ...