Rebecca Flores

Biography

Rebecca Flores was born in Atascosa County, Texas and was raised in and around San Antonio. She traces her lineage to the Tejano land grant families, but she grew up in a farmworker family. After graduating high school she worked at Fort Sam Houston as a secretary and attended San Antonio College. At 23 she quit her job to enroll in Texas A&I University in Kingsville. While working on a Master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan, she became involved in the Chicano/a student community and began to participate in labor actions. After marrying, she and her then-husband returned to Texas, and he began working with the United Farm Workers union through his job at the American Civil Liberties Union. It was through that connection that Flores became involved with the UFW, eventually being named Director in South Texas, a role she occupied for several years.