Teresa Palomo Acosta has been named K-12 student programs coordinator at the Texas State Historical Association. She brings
to her new role a strong dedication to working with students and teachers on cultural, literacy and history projects. Her
comments:
I was born in McGregor, Texas, where my immediate family settled during the Great Depression. There, I grew up listening
to family stories that spanned our history in Texas and in Mexico. My curiosity about "where we came from" was richly rewarded
by stories from my maternal grandfather. As a child, and later as an adult, my parents and I took field trips to sites where
they had originally lived in South and Central Texas and in Northern Mexico.
Through my work as an educator, writer and volunteer, I have spent many wonderful hours working directly with elementary,
middle and high school students. From 1989-1993, I was also a member of the research and writing team that worked on the New Handbook of Texas. With the late Ruthe Winegarten, a Fellow of the Association, I co-authored Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History.
I look forward to providing assistance and support to the many students, teachers and members of local communities throughout
the state who are involved in our student programs. These important TSHA endeavors have provided the first opportunities for
many young people in the state to gain a lifelong love for historical research and writing. I am thus eager to ensure a successful
future for the Association’s student programs and to offer many more young Texans the opportunity to participate in them.
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