Dr. Erika Arredondo-Haskins is a 12th-generation Texan. She teaches Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word and directs the UIW Young Women's Global Leadership Program. Appointed by Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, Dr. Haskins is a member of the Bexar County Historical Commission, where she leads the Programs Committee. She is a scholar of women and young women's leadership and early Texas history.