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Adelfa Botello Callejo

June 10, 1923 – January 25, 2014

“It is Only through Education that We Shall Make this World a Better Place than We Found It, for Education is the Great Equalizer.”

Advocate for Social Justice. Attorney, Prolific Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Humanitarian. First Hispanic Female Graduate of SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas. 

Adelfa Botello Callejo