JOAQUIN CASTRO WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1974. A SECOND GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN, HE WAS RAISED ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE AND IS A PROUD PRODUCT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
The Castro family’s history in the United States began nearly 100 years ago when his grandmother, Victoria Castro, came to Texas as a young orphan. In the spirit of the American Dream, she often worked two and three jobs at a time to be able to give her daughter (Joaquin’s mother, Rosie) and her grandchildren a better chance in life.