Maria del Rosario 'Rosie' Castro is named District 7 councilwoman in San Antonio, 52 years after she initially ran.
PUBLISHED 2:08 PM CST Mar. 07, 2023SAN ANTONIO — The crowd at the San Antonio City Council chambers erupted when Maria del Rosario "Rosie" Castro was named District 7 councilwoman.
This was during a time when the city used at-large voting methods, which resulted in Anglos often getting elected. But even after Castro lost, she still fought to give minorities a chance to win elections. “I have thanked Rosie for opening the door for me. She opened the door for people who cannot win,” Berriozabal said.
Castro and her sons all still reside in District 7, where a portion of it is on San Antonio’s West Side, a barrio that she knows all too well. She explained to council in her interview. “You can impact it so that everyone is able to have opportunities to live a good life,” Castro said. “To me that’s the ultimate thing, how do you help things to get better everyone.”
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