[17] Volume 17 - Olga Lozano: Frontera Pharmacist

Creator

Manuel F. Medrano, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Olga Lozano

Files

Creation Date

2006

Description

Profile about Olga Lozano, the first Hispanic female pharmacist in the Rio Grande Valley area. Lozano was born in Harlingen, Texas, where her family were pioneers. Lozano describes pursuing a career in pharmacy, a career with not a lot of women at the time, experiences at the University of Texas at Austin. Lozano worked at a drug store in San Benito, Texas, and later she worked at the Valley Baptist Hospital Pharmacy in Brownsville for twenty-nine years (1957-1986). She recounts the good and difficult days working as pharmacist at the Valley Baptist Hospital in Brownsville. Other interviewees include Robert Autrey and Melinda Slovak.

Notes

© 2006 Manuel F. Medrano and UTRGV. Uploaded with permission of copyright holder.

English

DVCam videocassette

Physical Description

.MP4, .SRT, 00:30:00, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5GcdddmBso

Recommended Citation

Medrano, Manuel F. and Lozano, Olga, "[17] Volume 17 - Olga Lozano: Frontera Pharmacist" (2006). Los Del Valle. 17.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/losdelvalle/17