SAN ANTONIO - Just months after taking office, Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia dealt with COVID-19 in a way that’s incomprehensible. Personally, seven family members died from the disease. Professionally, the coronavirus ravaged many residents in the district she represents.
Rocha Garcia opens up to Randy Beamer in this week’s edition of San Antonio’s Voice, revealing the hardships of Zoom funerals and the problems on the Southwest Side of San Antonio in District 4. The councilwoman points out inequities abundant in her area - lack of health insurance and a lower quality of life - and why they exist.
She also highlights some of the success stories such as the Port of San Antonio, Texas A&M San Antonio, and Pearsall Park as well as the potential for more development. Plus, Rocha Garcia reveals new COVID-19 technology on the horizon for San Antonio.
Dr. Rocha Garcia took office as councilwoman in District 4 in June 2019. She grew up in southwest San Antonio in a Spanish-speaking household and became the first in her family with a college degree. Dr. Rocha Garcia received her Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degrees from the University of the Incarnate Word. She became one of the first Hispanics to earn a Ph.D. in Advertising from the University of Texas’ Moody College of Communication. Today, Dr. Rocha Garcia is an Assistant Marketing Professor at Our Lady of the Lake University, where she teaches marketing in the School of Business and Leadership.
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