Files
Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Pohl, Theresa; Castro, Christina; Zapata, Juan
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Description
Christina Castro spoke about the impact that COPS has had on the city of San Antonio and the surrounding neighborhood. The topics included; housing, corporate meetings, flood control, community impact, and more.
Biography
Born and raised on San Antonio’s Westside, Christina Castro has lived in the same house 77 out of her 81 years. She was part of COPS and focused on getting housing for seniors and as well as working on flooding issues in her neighborhood. Christina was able to help with millions of dollars’ worth of bonds for housing and flooding abatement on the Westside of San Antonio.
Interview Index
0:44 Intro to COPS
8:50 Community involvement
19:31 Endnotes
21:01 COPS impact
24:15 Personal story (excluded from this transcript)
Keywords
COPS, COPS/Metro, Family, Housing, Parish, Storm drainage, Neighborhood, Church
Size or Duration
14 pages; 32 minutes, 21 seconds
Format
MP3, PDF
Disciplines
Oral History | Social Justice
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Pohl, Theresa, "COPS/Metro Alliance-StMU Oral Histories with Christina Castro" (2024). COPS/Metro. 20.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/20