Olga Lydia Lydia Moya

Background

Moya, Olga Lydia was born on December 27, 1959 in Weslaco, Texas, United States. Daughter of Leonel V. and Genoveva (Tamez) Moya.

Education

University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts, 1981. Juris Doctor, 1984).

Career

Legislation attorney, Texas House of Representatives, Austin, 1985; attorney, Texas Department Agriculture, Austin, 1985-1990; assistant regional counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, 1990-1991; from assistant professor to associate professor South Texas College of Law, Tex Agricultural and Mechanical University, Houston, 1992-1997; professor South Texas College of Law, Tex Agricultural and Mechanical University, Houston, since 1997.

Achievements

• Bar: Texas 1984.

Membership

Board of directors Hermann Children's Hospital, Houston, 1993-1997, Memorial Hermann Healthcare Sys. Foundation, since 1997. Member Leadership Texas, Austin, since 1991.

Board of trustees Memorial Hermann Healthcare Sys. Foundation, since 1997. Board directors Texas Clean Water Council, Austin, 1992.

United States delegate to United Nations Conference on the Environmental for Latin American and the Caribbean, San Juan, P.R., 1995. Member American Bar Association (environmental law section), Hispanic Bar Association (board directors since 1992, Excellence award 1995, 96), Mexico-American Bar Association.

Connections

Married James Troutman Byrd, August 24, 1985. Children: Leanessa Geneva Byrd, Taylor Moya Byrd.

Father:

Leonel V. Moya

Mother:

Genoveva (Tamez) Moya

Spouse:

James Troutman Byrd

child:

Leanessa Geneva Byrd Moya

child:

Taylor Moya Byrd Moya