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These community leaders were praised publicly. But what stuck with me was the praise I heard in many private conversations I had, for them and for the other recipients, Jesus Ch?vez, for 30 years an educator and now superintendent of Round Rock ISD, and Joe and Teresa Lozano Long. Their philanthropy has empowered human beings to educate themselves and give back to our community.
I had a long talk with educator Leticia Hinojosa, an award-winning principal in 1997 at T.A. Brown School on Anderson Lane.
Hinojosa made clear what it took to “stand and deliver” in an area and school where gang violence, prostitution, drug use, poverty and broken homes prevailed. The values and behavior of parents sometimes made her feel deep sympathy for even the most hardened and violence-prone student.