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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Elva Yolanda Morado is retiring from the Texas A&M |
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AgriLife Extension Service on August 31, 2021, drawing to a close an |
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exemplary career with the agency that has spanned more than four and |
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a half decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Morado first joined Texas A&M AgriLife |
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Extension in 1974, and she served as a Family and Consumer Sciences |
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program leader at offices in Duval, Jim Hogg, Zapata, and McMullen |
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Counties; during that time, she also held the role of county |
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extension agent at-large in McMullen County; in 1976, she |
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transferred to the Starr County office, where she currently works |
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as an FCS program leader, county administrator, and county |
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extension agent; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure with the agency, |
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Ms. Morado has been active with numerous groups and committees at |
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the district, state, and national levels; her contributions have |
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included chairing the South Texas Regional Cholera Task Force, |
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participating in the Governor's Conference on Volunteerism, and |
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serving on the National 4-H Council Hispanic Advisory Committee; |
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she has further distinguished herself through her involvement in |
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multiple grant writing and review teams, as well as a number of |
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professional and civic organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, Among her many accolades, Ms. Morado has received a |
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State Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas Extension |
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Specialists Association, a Humanitarian Award from the McAllen |
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Rotary Club, and a 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award; in addition, |
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she was named a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow in 2009; |
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she holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&I University in |
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Kingsville; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her dedication, expertise, and commitment |
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to excellence, Elva Morado has greatly benefited her fellow Texans |
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and earned the lasting respect and admiration of her colleagues, |
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and she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as she |
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embarks on the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Elva Yolanda |
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Morado on her retirement from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension |
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Service and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Morado as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |