Maria Jimenez
Maria Jimenez speaks at a press conference in front of Houston Home Depot, denounces crack-down on day laborers’ constitutional rights to seek work in public areas, October 2007
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 22:55Maria Jimenez speaks to May Day 2012 crowd
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 22:53Maria Jimenez speaks to 4000 persons at post-Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride rally, September 2003.
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 22:51Maria Jimenez speaks at news conference at Houston's Hidalgo Park
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 22:48Photograph of Maria Jimenez, by Denise Gomez
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 22:45Maria Jimenez
Submitted by jenalzate on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 17:35Maria D. Jimenez Flores was born in Coahuila, Mexico. Her parents, Raul Gomez Jimenez and Elva Flores, decided to immigrate to the United States when Maria was about six years old. Her paternal grandfather, Jaime Jimenez, was the first of her family to migrate to the United States. Maria and her family immigrated into Houston, Texas on May 9, 1957. Maria began to understand social inequality from a young age. With the influence of her maternal grandfather, Ramon Flores Ortega, and her father’s involvement in activism and social movements, Maria became interested in social justice.