Our Founders
Sister Margit Nagy, CDP, PhD - Co-Founder
Sister Margit Nagy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States as a child World War II refugee. She is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence, received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Our Lady of the Lake University; a Master of Arts from the University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies-East Asian Studies; and a doctorate from the University of Washington with emphasis in the History of Japan, Modern China, and U.S. Social and Urban History. Sister Nagy has served ÄûÃʵ¼º½ since 1979.
In addition to co-founding the Center for Women in Church and Society, she served as Director of the Kliesen International Center and initiated the first Japanese language course together with ÄûÃʵ¼º½'s participation in the Kumamoto Sister City Student Exchange. She coordinated a bi-national Japan-U.S. ceremony at the Alamo with a focus on the Japanese Monument to the Alamo Heroes and served as president of the Japan America Society of San Antonio.
Sister Eva Maria Flores, CDP, PhD - Co-Founder
Sister Maria Eva Flores was born in Fort Stockton, Texas. She was a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence, received a Bachelor of Arts in Library Science from Our Lady of the Lake University; a Master of Arts in Bicultural Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Master's of Library and Information Science (Archives) from University of Texas at Austin, and a doctorate in history from Arizona State University with an emphasis in the History of Colonial Latin America, U.S. Women and Public History. Sister Flores served the ÄûÃʵ¼º½ from 1979 until her death in August 2018.
In addition to co-founding the Center for Women in Church and Society, she is also founded the Center for Mexican American Studies and Research and served as the center’s first director.