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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Maria Luisa "Tita" Yanar of El Paso has spent a |
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lifetime guiding others as an educator and mentor; and |
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WHEREAS, From her first job as a Spanish teacher at Bassett |
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Intermediate School in the El Paso Independent School District in |
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1971 to her current position as director of The University of Texas |
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at El Paso Upward Bound program, Tita Yanar has dedicated her career |
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to encouraging youth and helping people gain the skills they need to |
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succeed; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Yanar earned a bachelor's degree in secondary |
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education with a double teaching major in English and Spanish from |
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UTEP, where she also obtained a master's degree in education with a |
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specialization in curriculum and instruction; and |
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WHEREAS, Before joining the Upward Bound program in 1998, she |
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gained a wide range of experience in such roles as the associate |
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director for the UTEP Mother-Daughter Program, director of the |
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National Hispanic Institute's El Paso Programs, project |
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administrator for the Young Leaders Conference, and associate |
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director for the El Salvador CAPS Program, which provided |
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instruction in U.S. teaching methodologies to a group of Salvadoran |
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educators; while she was with the NHI, she mentored future Texas |
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state representatives Marisa Marquez and Naomi Gonzalez, helping |
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develop their interest in government service; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Ms. Yanar has further |
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distinguished herself as a valued community leader, serving on the |
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board of the Women's Fund of El Paso, Chamizal National Memorial, |
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the International Hispanic Cultural Institute, the Paso del Norte |
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Public Policy Institute, and the National Hispanic Institute; among |
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the other organizations that have benefited from her time and |
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energy are the Rio Grande Safe Communities Coalition, the Region 19 |
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Education Service Center, the International Hispanic Cultural |
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Institute, El Paso Community College, and the League of United |
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Latin American Citizens; she has also worked on committees for the |
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El Paso Boys and Girls Clubs, Project Change, and the Children's |
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Summit of the First Ladies of the Texas-Mexico Border; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic and committed woman has guided |
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countless young Texans toward educational opportunities, and her |
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efforts have made a positive and lasting difference in their lives; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Tita Yanar for her outstanding |
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professional and community service and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Yanar as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |