Centenaria

On a sunny February afternoon, in the tiny town of Goliad, Texas, lively sounds from a guitar and accordion playing the traditional Mexican birthday song “La Mañanitas” embraced the Segura family matriarch as she entered a crowded room. Packed inside a small local Mexican restaurant with standing room only, more than 30 members of the Segura family welcomed their mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and great-great-great grandmother Carlotta Segura to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Story produced and published in February 2020 for The Victoria Advocate