H.R. No. 1666

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Kanisha McNary of Corpus Christi is being awarded a 2017-2018 Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College Scholarship; and

WHEREAS, Ms. McNary attends Del Mar College, where she is studying nursing; and

WHEREAS, The Education Is Our Freedom scholarship program was founded by Joe Gonzalez, a longtime public servant and advocate for education; Mr. Gonzalez is currently serving his second term as Nueces County commissioner for Precinct 2, having first been elected to that office in 2010; he previously worked for more than two decades with the United States Department of Justice, and after retiring from the DOJ in 1999, he spent nine years as justice of the peace for Precinct 1, Place 1, in Nueces County; he created the Education Is Our Freedom program in memory of the late Drs. Hector P. Garcia, Cleo Garcia, and Xico Garcia, and since its establishment in 2005, some 1,165 scholarships have been awarded; and

WHEREAS, A most deserving recipient, Kanisha McNary is demonstrating impressive drive and ability as she works toward her scholastic and personal goals, and she may indeed look forward to a future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Kanisha McNary on her receipt of a Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College Scholarship and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. McNary as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

Herrero

______________________________ Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1666 was adopted by the House on May 4, 2017, by a non-record vote.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House