Victoria Ferrell-Ortiz

Victoria Ferrell-Ortiz was born in Dallas, Texas. She lived in West Dallas until the age of five, and then moved to Oak Cliff. Victoria’s Mother was an educator within DISD, and impressed upon her the importance of being a lifelong learner at a young age. She attended the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet School at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center.  In 2016, she received her Bachelors of Arts in Integrative Studies from the University of North Texas in Denton, with concentrations in international studies, sociology, and public administration and community service. Additionally, she minored in social sciences, and earned a certification in Latino and Mexican American Studies.

She was recently appointed to the Arts and Culture Commission for the City of Dallas as an at large member. Victoria is a member of the first cohort of Emerging Historians to come out of the Dallas Mexican American Historical League. In 2018, she produced and directed a documentary called, “WELA,” in honor of her Grandmother, Lupe Barrera Chapa. The film documented the lives of Mexican-Americans with ties to the Trinity Portland Cement Company and its’ Company Town, also known as El Cemento Grande, in the Eagle Ford and Ledbetter Barrio of West Dallas.