79S30843 CBE-D

By:  Pena                                                         H.R. No. 340



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Countless children depend on the dedication and 
enthusiasm of teachers such as Nilda Segura, who retired in 
December 2005 after 31 years of excellent service to the students of 
the Rio Grande Valley; and
	WHEREAS, After losing her father as a young child, Mrs. 
Segura worked alongside her mother as a migrant farm worker; later 
she participated in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, an employment 
program for low-income high school students, and, in 1971, she 
graduated from Mission High School; with loans from the 
Hinson-Hazlewood College Student Loan Program, she was able to 
attend college and earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&I 
University in 1975; and
	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan began her professional career as 
a first grade teacher in Alton; five years later, she moved to the 
Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, where she spent 
the last 25 years, working for a time at Travis Elementary School 
and then at De La Vina Elementary School; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Segura enjoys the love and support of her 
family that includes her husband of 30 years, Antonio Segura, and 
their daughter, Celia, a student at Texas A&M University in 
Kingsville, as well as her mother; and
	WHEREAS, Committed to the education and advancement of the 
students of South Texas for more than 30 years, Nilda Segura has had 
a positive impact on generations of children and their families; 
and
	WHEREAS, Representative Aaron Pena has justly recognized 
Nilda Segura by authoring this resolution in her behalf during the 
3rd Called Session of the 79th Texas Legislature; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Nilda Segura on the 
occasion of her retirement as a schoolteacher in the Edinburg 
Consolidated Independent School District and extend to her sincere 
best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mrs. Segura as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.