HOUSTON – On this special day, KPRC 2 celebrates all mothers including those who, at times, have taken on the sacred role in classrooms across the Houston area.
Sunday, we highlighted one special lady out of Sam Houston High School.
Hermelinda Cardenas is a passionate, loving educator who always puts children first.
When Cardenas isn’t loving on her students, she’s empowering their parents.
Cardenas is Sam Houston High School’s Parent Engagement Coordinator and has been with the school for 17 years.
“We have all different kinds of students, but the most important thing is they should know we have that unconditional love for them no matter how they act or how they are. They have a mom, a friend, a sister or tia that is here for them, and we have that passion to serve them,” Cardenas said.
That motherly instinct comes from having four of her own children. She spends a lot of times walking the halls just chatting with students or sitting down with them to see how they are really feeling.
“We care for the entire students here at Sam Houston; it’s not just academics and instruction. It’s also the well-being of the students and she represents that to this campus. She comes every day and works 12 hours a day and the entire time she’s caring for people and that matters,” said Sam Houston High School Principal Diego Linares.