Obama Recruits UT Brownsville President Juliet V. Garcia To His Transition Team

How is Barack Obama going to change this country? Well, for starters, he asked the first Mexican-American female president of a four-year university to join his transition team to the White House. Dr. Julieta V. Garcia, (pictured in red), president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College told The Brownsville Herald she received the call this morning. We have no idea what a transition team is, but hot damn, we'll take it. This could have serious implications for the border wall situation, especially in Texas, where Dr. Garcia's school is directly affected. Garcia has been an outspoken opponent of the structure as she hails from a region that depends economically on the flow of commerce to and from Mexico. Not to mention the fact that the original border wall plan had it cutting though half her campus. Obama and Garcia met in February while the then candidate was campaigning for the primaries. We feel safe in assuming the border wall is one of his chief interests in bringing Garcia aboard. Education and Latino outreach are, no doubt, also two huge issues of her expertise. Below, video of Obama walking around the Sombrero Festival in Brownsville in February of this year, shaking hands and eating a gordita. Mmmmm....change is good. Garcia on Obama’s team [The Brownsville Herald]