Dr. Albro is a professor emeritus in history from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where he taught Mexican, Mexican-American, and Latin American history for 35 years. He has also taught as a visiting professor at the Benemérita Universidad de Puebla; Universidad de las Américas in Cholula, Mexico; Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico); and St. He currently is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Tex
as at San Antonio. He is past president of both the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies and the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies. He has directed three five-week summer seminars for the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Program—one in Mexico and two in Guatemala. He co-created and for many years directed a faculty development program that included a language immersion program in Cuernavaca. For the last 13 years , Dr. Albro has been joined in all the Mexican and Guatemalan programs by his wife,Tot, whose main professional interests include Mexican and Latin American history and culture. Tot earned a Bachelors of Arts-History, Master of Arts and Master of Special Education from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She completed her graduate studies in Guatemala as a Fullbright-Hays Scholar of the US Department of Education and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico and Guatemala, living for a time in both countries. She specializes in textiles of Mexico and Guatemala knowing the markets and families who create these amazing creations. Besides a boundless enthusiasm for all things Mexican and Guatemalan, she brings deep knowledge and understanding of the culture and special expertise in fabrics, clothing, and jewelry. After serving in the business world for 25 years and having purchased her shop for many years, Tot acted on her passion for education and is a current adjunct at Alamo Community College teaching US History along with AP world history at Fox Tech Law and Medical Magnet. In her first year, she earned the New Teacher of the Year SAISD-Award. Aside from teaching, she is passionate about environmental action and serves as a sponsor and a role model to her school’s very first environmental organization
