Maria Antoinetta Berriozabal

Berriozabal was the first Mexican American woman to serve on the city council of a major U.S. city when she served as representative of San Antonio's District 1 from 1981-91. She ran an unsuccessful bid for mayor of San Antonio in 1991 but captured 47 percent of the vote. In the fall of 1991, Berriozabal was awarded a fellowship at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She taught a course on women, minorities and public policy. Berriozabal helped found Hispanas Unidas, a non-profit group dedicated to the education, empowerment and advancement of minority women.