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'''Lena Guerrero Aguirre''' (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as '''Lena Guerrero''', was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the [[Texas]] Railroad Commission,> an elected body that currently regulates the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries. In 1992, her once promising political career ended over a falsified résumé. Sixteen years later she died of [[brain cancer]] at the age of fifty.

'''Lena Guerrero Aguirre''' (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as '''Lena Guerrero''', was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the [[Texas]] Railroad Commission,> an elected body that currently regulates the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries. In 1992, her once promising political career ended over a falsified résumé. Sixteen years later she died of [[brain cancer]] at the age of fifty.

==Early years in Mission==

==Background==

Guerrero was the fifth of nine children of Alvaro Guerrero (1918-1969) and the former Adela Salazar (born ca. 1921). She was born in Mission, near [[McAllen]] in the [[Rio Grande]]Valley.<ref name=TSC>[http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=7430 Lena Guerrero<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As a child in the 1960s, Lena worked during summers as a migrant laborer alongside her eight siblings.<ref name="texasmonthly.com">[http://www.texasmonthly.com/2001-09-01/politics3.php Lena Guerrero: Texas Monthly September 2001<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Guerrero was the fifth of nine children of Alvaro Guerrero (1918-1969) and the former Adela Salazar (born ca. 1921). She was born in Mission, near [[McAllen]] in the [[Rio Grande]]Valley.<ref name=TSC>[http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=7430 Lena Guerrero<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As a child in the 1960s, Lena worked during summers as a migrant laborer alongside her eight siblings.<ref name="texasmonthly.com">Lena Guerrero, ''Texas Monthly,'' September 2001.</ref>

==Political career==

==Political career==