Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Eloy Hinojosa (born August 20, 1940) is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the House Financial Services and Education committees. Hinojosa was born in Edcouch, Texas. The eighth of eleven children, Hinojosa was reared in Hidalgo County, which borders on Mexico, and earned two business degrees,
Consuelo Reyes-Calderon Consuelo Reyes-Calderon Consuelo Reyes-Calderon, also known as Consuelo Reyes, (September 14, 1904–circa 1986) was born in Costa Rica and became a naturalized American. She was an author and activist, working for the Peoples Mandate Committee for Inter-American Peace and Cooperation and National Woman's Party. She created audio-visual materials, such as film strips and slide presentations with audio. She wrote about Costa Rican and Guatemalan people and culture. Born Consuelo De Jesus Calderon Reyes in San Jose, Costa Rica on September 14, 1904, her mother was Maria Calderon. From 1926 to 1941, Consuelo Reyes-Calderon worked for the "Secretariat of the Apostolado