Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí (1752–1803) was a rancher known as the first "cattle queen" of Texas. She was born in Mexico, in what is now known as Tamaulipas. Her parents, Juan José de Hinojosa and María Antonia Inés Ballí de Benavides, were Spanish aristocrats who had priority rights to extensive land grants and public offices because they were Primitive Settlers. In 1767 her family moved to Reynosa, where her father had been appointed as alcade. Rosa married José María Ballí, who was a captain of the militia. She inherited 55,000 acres of land from
Felipe González de Canales Felipe González de Canales Felipe González de Canales is one of the founders of the system of agriculture schools and rural development centers called Escuelas Familiares Agrarias (Agrarian Family Schools) which has 30 schools in Spain and has influenced 68 other agricultural schools in other parts of the world, including 14 in Peru, 9 in Argentina and 6 in the Philippines. The Escuelas Familiares Agrarias was founded by Felipe González de Canales together with Jose Herreros. Gonzalez is also the President of the Federacion de Instituto del Desarollo Comunitario (Federation of the Institute of Community Development). He is also the