Mimi Garcia

Mimi Garcia
Mimi Garcia is an organizer, mom, progressive operative and Jewtina (Latina-Jew) in Austin, Texas. She is an aluma of Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership program at Brandies University and holds an MA in Jewish Leadership and an MPP in Social Policy.

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Mimi Garcia

What's In a Name: Mimi Garcia

Mimi Garcia

Ken and I talked about our names for a long time before we got married. He always said he wanted everyone in our new family to have the same last name—particularly when we had kids. And I would say, "Okay, you are always welcome to be a Garcia." I said that as a joke, but I really meant it. 

I've worked long and hard to create Mimi Garcia. I often joke, "It's a good brand and I've worked hard to make it. I don't want to change it." 

Topics: Marriage
Kathryn Garcia-Cameron's Naming Ceremony, 2013

What’s in a Name?

Mimi Garcia

I am like Ruth, I chose to join this community. But my daughter is more like the matriarchs— Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah— born to the Jewish people. For generations the greatest welcome a little girl got into the Jewish community was when her father would be honored with an aliyah the next Shabbat and announce the name of his daughter. No great fanfare like a bris. No grand communal gathering.

Topics: Children, Motherhood
Mimi Garcia

Tonight My Daughter Will Celebrate Her First Passover

Mimi Garcia

As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in my car outside my daughter’s day care. No worries, there’s no crying here, no major trauma. I’m trying to check things off my list while waiting for the start of “El dia de Primavera,” a celebration of the first day of spring.

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