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Over the past three years, the Staff and Board of Directors of the Mexican American Unity Council, Inc. (MAUC) have worked diligently to refine the vision and mission of this venerable organization. Although MAUC has a forty-three year history of serving this community, it is always wise for an organization to assess and adjust priorities in order to meet the needs of a vibrant and diverse city like San Antonio.
Today, in light of the economic turmoil in the national and global economy, the need to reassess and develop realistic strategic goals becomes even more vital if MAUC is to continue its work into the next decade. To this end, MAUC’s mission will no longer be limited to Bexar County; but will encompass the state of Texas. This change in its mission statement will allow us to expand the scope of our work in the area of greatest expertise—Affordable Housing.
Dr. Carlos Orozco grew up in San Antonio’s Westside and is a proud Alumni of Fox Tech High School. He continued his education at St. Mary’s University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. His love of Mathematics led him to the University of Texas at Austin where he completed a Master of Arts degree. After graduate school, Dr. Orozco was inspired to pursue a career in Medicine where he could better serve his community. He received his Doctor of Medicine in 1974 from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston followed by Medical Internship, Residency and Fellowship in Corpus Christi, New Orleans and San Antonio, respectively.
Texas A&M-San Antonio was created to address an educational need in South San Antonio, an area that has been historically underserved in terms of higher education. It is the first university in the A&M system to be established in a major urban center, making San Antonio the only city in the state with campuses of both the Texas A&M System and the University of Texas System. In 2000 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the Texas A&M System plan to create a system center on the Palo Alto Community College Campus. Classes began that fall with 126 students in seven academic programs. In 2003, Senate Bill 800 authored by State Senator Frank Madla, created Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio.




