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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Anna Michele Bobadilla of The University of Texas at |
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Arlington has been recognized as a Mujer Legendaria by the Ford |
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Motor Company for her contributions to her community; and |
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WHEREAS, A Dallas native and Grand Prairie resident, Michele |
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Bobadilla serves the university as senior associate vice president |
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for outreach services and community engagement, and she is also the |
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assistant provost for Hispanic student success; she graduated from |
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Stephen F. Austin State University and went on to complete her |
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master's degree in elementary education at East Texas State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, This civic-minded Texan has championed access to |
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education for well over three decades, serving on state councils, |
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working with national boards, and volunteering for organizations |
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offering opportunities for growth and lifelong learning; in |
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cooperation with the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
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and community partners, she established the Society of 100 Endowed |
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Scholars' Fund, and as chair of the Stars on the Rise Scholarship |
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Program, she helped raise nearly $5 million in 2012 to provide |
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substantial grants for more than 270 students; she has further |
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served as chair of the advisory council for the Foundation for the |
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Education of Young Women, and she has co-chaired the scholarship |
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program of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, Ms. Bobadilla has worked with the |
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Hispanic 100 to promote Latina educational and employment |
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opportunities, and while serving on the board of the Dallas |
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Concilio, she was instrumental in the creation of Psyched Out About |
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Math and Science, a program for sixth-grade girls; she also founded |
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University Crossroads, a partnership among North Texas |
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institutions that promotes college readiness, and she has served as |
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vice chair of the national LULAC Education Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Ms. Bobadilla has greatly benefited |
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the wider community through her service on boards and committees |
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for dozens of organizations, among them the North Texas Navidad en |
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el Barrio Foundation, the Greater Dallas Mental Health Association, |
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the Dallas Commission for International Cultural Affairs, the |
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Dallas Committee for Racial Healing and Understanding, and the |
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Hispanic Leadership Forum; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Bobadilla is the recipient of myriad accolades; |
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selected as a 2012 Woman of Distinction by the Texas Association of |
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Mexican American Chambers of Commerce, she has been accorded the |
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2011 Martha H. Salmon Leadership Award by the Southwestern Regional |
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College Board, the 2010 Ultimate Latina--Community Service Award by |
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the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the national |
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Raymond Telles Award for Excellence in Education by LULAC; she was |
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inducted into the national LULAC Women's Hall of Fame in 2002, and |
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that same year, UT-Arlington president Robert E. Witt established |
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the Michele Bobadilla Bridge to Excellence Scholarship in her |
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honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her tireless efforts in behalf of education, |
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Michele Bobadilla has made a lasting, positive difference in the |
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lives of innumerable young people, and her wide-ranging |
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accomplishments indeed merit special recognition; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Anna Michele Bobadilla on her |
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selection as a Mujer Legendaria by the Ford Motor Company and extend |
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to her sincere best 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. Bobadilla as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |