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Guerrero later obtained her UT degree—she had been nineteen credits short of a bachelor's degree—and became an Austin  [[lobbyist]] for Bravo Communications, representing such clients as [[American Telephone & Telegraph]], [[Blue Cross Blue Shield,, and the Tigua Indians. She helped to pass a bill to allow [[casino]]s on the Tigua Reservation. In defending her position, Guerrero said that the issue "is not about [[gambling]]. This is about the Indians and their right to use their land."<ref name="texasmonthly.com"/>
 
Guerrero later obtained her UT degree—she had been nineteen credits short of a bachelor's degree—and became an Austin  [[lobbyist]] for Bravo Communications, representing such clients as [[American Telephone & Telegraph]], [[Blue Cross Blue Shield,, and the Tigua Indians. She helped to pass a bill to allow [[casino]]s on the Tigua Reservation. In defending her position, Guerrero said that the issue "is not about [[gambling]]. This is about the Indians and their right to use their land."<ref name="texasmonthly.com"/>
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In the race for Railroad Commissioner, Guerrero had expected to face [[Carole Strayhorn|Carole Rylander]], then a Democrat Guerrero had supported in the successful [[nonpartisan]] race for [[mayor]] of Austin in 1977. However, Rylander, later Carole Strayhorn, lost the Republican primary to Williamson. Strayhorn's second husband, Hill Rylander, as president of the UT Alumni Association, learned that Guerrero did not have the college degree that she claimed when the association planned to honor her as a "distinguished alumna".<ref name=austin/>  Some official biographies at the time indicated Guerrero was a member of Phi Beta Kappa; she was not.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/12/us/lie-by-texas-politician-puts-twist-in-campaign.html?pagewanted=all Lie by Texas Politician Puts Twist in Campaign]</ref>
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In the race for Railroad Commissioner, Guerrero had expected to face Carole Rylander, then a Democrat Guerrero had supported in the successful [[nonpartisan]] race for [[mayor]] of Austin in 1977. However, Rylander, later Carole Strayhorn, lost the Republican primary to Williamson. Strayhorn's second husband, Hill Rylander, as president of the UT Alumni Association, learned that Guerrero did not have the college degree that she claimed when the association planned to honor her as a "distinguished alumna".<ref name=austin/>  Some official biographies at the time indicated Guerrero was a member of Phi Beta Kappa; she was not.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/12/us/lie-by-texas-politician-puts-twist-in-campaign.html?pagewanted=all Lie by Texas Politician Puts Twist in Campaign]</ref>
    
In a 1998 interview with ''The Houston Chronicle,'' Guerrero reflected that she had mishandled her resignation from the Railroad Commission. "... if you can't learn and go on and you dwell too much in the past, then you're really wasting your present." She resigned two months short of her being able to enter the state health insurance program, which worked against her financially when she was stricken in 2000 with two malignant [[brain tumor]]s.
 
In a 1998 interview with ''The Houston Chronicle,'' Guerrero reflected that she had mishandled her resignation from the Railroad Commission. "... if you can't learn and go on and you dwell too much in the past, then you're really wasting your present." She resigned two months short of her being able to enter the state health insurance program, which worked against her financially when she was stricken in 2000 with two malignant [[brain tumor]]s.
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Guerrero underwent proton beam therapy at [[Loma Linda University Medical Center]] near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]]. Lobbyist Mignon McGarry said that Guerrero went for treatment at Loma Linda after having been admonished by [[physician]]s at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] that she would otherwise not live much longer than two years.<ref name=chron/>
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Guerrero underwent proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center near [[San Bernardino]], [[California]]. Lobbyist Mignon McGarry said that Guerrero went for treatment at Loma Linda after having been admonished by [[physician]]s at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] that she would otherwise not live much longer than two years.<ref name=chron/>
    
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