Hispanic Heritage Month Staff Spotlight: Angie Carter, MA

Each year, Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the contributions and influences of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture and achievements in the United States. Throughout the month, which began on September 15 and runs through October 15, the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University will highlight some of its students, faculty and staff  who will share what being Hispanic means to them.

ANGIE CARTER, MA

Hometown: Elsa, Texas

Heritage: Mexican American

What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to you?

Angie Carter, Accreditation Coordinator for the Burnett School of Medicine, said Hispanic Heritage Month means “sacrifice” to her: “I think about the sacrifice my grandmother made as she crossed the Rio Grande River [in Texas] as a young widow with my dad and his siblings…and the sacrifice that my dad made of enlisting in the military and serving in the Vietnam War.”

What’s your favorite family memory?

Carter says on Hispanic Heritage Month she also thinks about “family, food, lots of food, folklore and music.”