McAllen
Sulema Salinas
2022
On Monday, May 16, Sulema Salinas of McAllen passed away in her sleep during a deathbed vigil after battling the illness of diabetes. Sulema was born on April 13, 1947. She overcame much adversity as a migrant farmworker in California and Arizona. She had a threading disability of Dyslexia, yet graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Woman's University in 1970, fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming an educator and coach. In 1970, she returned to Weslaco to be near her family and began a 35-year career in education. She taught the first decade under Coach Cleckler. In Mary Hoge Junior High. She followed that up by moving to McAllen and teaching for 25 more years. She coached...