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Lilia Salazar
Mrs. Lilia Angelica Salazar was born in Tampico, Mexico. There, she obtained a bachelors degree from the Normal Superior in Mexico, and worked a few years in a private school at the elementary level. Then, in 2002 she obtained a Bilingual Elementary teacher certificate after two years of studies at the University of Texas Pan American. That same year she took a summer course in eastern European culture at the University of Tartu in Estonia and later, in 2003, another summer course in Literature for Children at the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. In 2006 she obtained a Master’s degree in Bilingual-Bicultural education at UTPA.
She has been working in Hidalgo Elementary for five years now. Three of those years were spent teaching second grade and, she is currently in her third year as a third grade teacher. She knows about the culture and challenges that students face and firmly believes that each and every one of them has the potential to succeed.
Mrs. Salazar is married and has tow children. The oldest, Nahum, is in the College of Communication, and the youngest, Karen Daniela, is in the McCombs School of Business, both at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Fabian Perez
Mr. Perez is currently a third grade teacher at Hidalgo Elementary. He has lived in Hidalgo all his life and was raised by two wonderful parents, Jose and Aurelia Perez. He has three brothers and two sisters. Mr. Perez is very proud to be from Hidalgo. His hobbies include reading, hunting and off-roading on his four-wheeler and jeep. Mr. Perez attended Hidalgo Elementary School all the way from kindergarten through sixth grade and has very fond memories of this school. Here is where he learned to read and write and developed a strong love for reading. He had wonderful teachers who inspired him to do well in the academic field. Among them was Miss Trine Barron, who is currently the principal at Kelly Elementary. Miss Barron was Mr. Perez’s 2nd Grade teacher. Her excellent love of teaching helped to further solidify Mr. Perez’s love of learning. He went on to graduate from Hidalgo High School in 1987. Hidalgo ISD has employed him since 1989 both as a teaching assistant and teacher. He loves the unique working environment at Hidalgo Elementary. He says that everybody from the principal to the janitorial staff is always ready to listen and meet the needs of both the students and teachers. “The camaraderie and support that you get from everybody here is second to none,” he states proudly. “I’ve been blessed with a wonderful group of co-workers and students year-in and year-out.” He enjoys teaching children about academics and life. The great joy and sense of accomplishment he gets when students learn new concepts is very satisfying. As an added bonus, Mr. Perez has had both the honor and privilege of teaching some of his friends’ children most of which were his classmates at Hidalgo Elementary.
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Margarita Galindo
Margarita Galindo was born on May 4,1969 in San Juan, Texas but was raised in Hidalgo, Texas located near the Rio Grande. Her fondest memories of growing up were spending time at a small ranch near the river with her parents and four brothers and sisters. Margarita attended Hidalgo Elementary School and Hidalgo High School where she participated in volleyball, track, and basketball. She then graduated from the University of Texas Pan American with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies and a minor in Kinesiology. Mrs. Galindo returned to Hidalgo Elementary School to become a teacher and to give back to the community that provided her with a choice education. Mrs. Galindo has taught for 13 years and has since received a Masters degree in Reading. She believes in using proven reading strategies to promote a strong educational grounding and is committed to the idea that all children will succeed academically if given the proper environment.
Mrs. Galindo enjoys spending time with her husband and four children and enjoys traveling to different places and experiencing different cultures. She also likes to create scrapbooks with photos of her family and places they have visited over the years. Mrs. Galindo plans to continue teaching at Hidalgo Elementary School in order to provide her students with the best educational experience available.
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Mrs. Meme Wisdom, 2nd Grade
Mimi Wisdom
Meme Wisdom is a former Hidalgo Elementary student where she is currently teaching 2nd Grade. She was born Manuela Garces to Guadalupe Garces and Maria Alonzo in McAllen, TX. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Pan American. Her major at the University of Texas Pan American was Interdisciplinary Studies with a Bilingual Minor. Meme has lived in Hidalgo TX. most her life. She traveled as a migrant child for a while to the states of Idaho and Oregon. In Idaho she learned to hoe and thin sugar beets and in Oregon she worked picking green beans, pickles, and raspberries. As a migrant farm worker, Meme knew much sacrifice, but most of the experiences helped her learn the meaning of hard work. As a child, Meme had her mother as her working mentor. She saw her mother work countless long and hard hours to ensure that her children had all they needed. She noticed that her mom was the first one up preparing breakfast tacos and hot lunches for all the family and the last one to go to bed after a long hard day at work. Work in the fields was very hard and very rewarding for Meme and her family. It built character and inner strength. It was very inspiring and very spiritual living among the huge pine trees and gigantic mountains of Idaho and Oregon. Meme continued to travel when she married her husband that took her to live in Augusta, Georgia. He was a soldier in the Army. Again, as she was living away from home, Meme learned great lessons about people and life. She made many friends that taught her lessons of love and compassion. At an early age Meme knew that her mission on Earth would be to share her life and experiences with children. After serving in the Army, Meme and her husband experienced life in North Texas. She enjoyed living in the rat race until she knew that the rat race was not where she wanted to raise her family. Soon her husband came to work for The Hidalgo County Irrigation County which brought Meme back to Hidalgo, TX. After many years of serving others, Meme went back to school to get her teaching degree. She had had many jobs including working in the fields, working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Parker Seals; she screened luggage at the airport in McAllen Texas; she was a ticket agent for Texas Airlines, and she was a bank teller at the Border Bank. She was a teacher aide for five years and a migrant clerk for ten years at Hidalgo I.S.D. She was going to college at night and raising four children the whole time she was working at the Hidalgo I.S.D. She graduated in 1997 and has worked as a teacher for ten years now. Meme was given a great vision of life at a very young age. She knew she was destined to work with children some day. She believes in the power of educating the mind of the youth. It is her blessing to leave great impressions and memories in the lives of the children of her beautiful Hidalgo, Texas.
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