Juliet V García

Juliet V. García joined The University of Texas System as the president of The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) in January 1992 after having served as President of Texas Southmost College (TSC) for six years. When she was named as president of TSC in 1986, she became the first Mexican-American woman in the nation to become president of a college or university. Early in her career, she was named Outstanding Alumnus by The University of Texas at Austin's College of Communication and in 2007 as a Distinguished Alumna by The University of Texas at Austin. She has received honorary degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Brown University. Dr. García earned a Ph.D. in Communications and Linguistics from The University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. and B.A. in Classical Rhetoric and Public Address and English from the University of Houston. For more than a decade, she has been invited annually to lecture at Harvard’s Institute for Educational Management on the university presidency and is frequently invited to speak on the issues of access and innovation in higher education. Juliet García was born in Brownsville, Texas, and has been married to Oscar E. García for 40 years. Oscar is a semi-retired businessman who has served his community in various volunteer public service positions. They have had the unique privilege of spending their professional careers in pursuit of building a better life for the people of South Texas. They are the parents of two grown children, Oscar D. García and Paulita Rico, and are blessed with four grandchildren.