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Governors Mansion. Alma mater. University of Texas at Austin. University of St. Thomas ( BA, MEd, MA) Cecilia Phalen Abbott (born November 13, 1959) is the First Lady of Texas. She is married to Greg Abbott, and is the first Hispanic First Lady of Texas.
- Cecilia Phalen, November 13, 1959 (age 63)
- Republican
- Cecilia & Abbott Married in 1981
- 3 Years After Their Marriage, Abbott Was Paralyzed in A Freak Accident
- Cecilia Is The First Latina First Lady Since Texas Became A State
- They Adopted A Daughter, Audrey
Cecilia and Abbott have been married since 1981. They met while Abbott was studying at the University of Texas, Austin. According to Texas Monthly, Cecilia was a year behind the 59-year-old Abbott when they met. Cecilia, who was raised in San Antonio, wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents, who were both middle school teachers. She wanted...
In 1984, three years after their marriage, Abbott suffered a freak accident while jogging with a friend. An oak tree weakened by a storm fell on him, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. As the Dallas Morning News notes, he won an estimated $10 million after suing the property’s owner. In an interview with Texas Monthly, Abbott said their liv...
In a 2014 interview on NBC News’ Meet The Press after he won his 2014 election, Abbott said Cecilia will become the first Latina First Lady of Texas. This is, as Politifact points out, true. Since Texas became a state, no Latina had been First Lady before Cecilia. Cecilia is the granddaughter of Leonara and Augustine Segura, who both emigrated from...
Abbott and Cecilia have one daughter, 20-year-old Audrey, who is adopted. According to her LinkedIn bio, Audrey is a public relations intern for Broadcast Music, Inc. in Los Angeles and is studying communications at the University of Southern California. She is expected to graduate in 2019. Audrey also worked on her father’s 2014 campaign. She also...
Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott. Cecilia Abbott’s story reminds us that the American Dream is alive and well in Texas. The granddaughter of immigrants from Mexico, Cecilia was raised in San Antonio by parents who were both educators, and who instilled in Cecilia, her sister, and two brothers a love of learning and helping others.
19 apr 2021 · Cecilia Abbott is known for coining the phrase 'Texanthopy' because she strongly advocates for volunteers to get active and help serve others across Texas. One such example of Texanthopy is Mrs Abbott's involvement with several groups working together to develop strategies to end human trafficking.
Statesman staff, determined to verify the accuracy of the governor’s statement, found information via ancestry.com about Abbott’s wife, Cecilia Phalen Abbott. “Our Dylan Baddour dug in with help from the Statesman ’s Addie Broyles, who knows her way around the ancestry.com, the online genealogy database," said Gardner Selby ...
7 dic 2014 · We looked for clues on Ancestry.com, the online genealogy database, which led us to information credited to the 1940 United States Federal Census indicating Cecilia Phalen Abbott, the...
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