In El Cenizo, Tx where the official language for doing business is Spanish. This little community has a community center that was created by Texas A&M University Colonias Program which I was very much part of building it and bring it together back in 1995. On the north wall there are a series of murals that where done by local artist some sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts. There on the sires of mural is one in particular that the community call it (la lupita del cenizo) it was painted by Juan de Dios, this lupita has been there for over 15 yeas never been tagged by the graffiti bully's. Other murals parts have been tagged and some are nearly destroyed, but this one is still undisturbed or harmed. Residents of the community still show respect to this mural and in any given day you would find offerings left there as a sign of respect to the image.
When first planned to put such image no one would have thought that this respect would happen. Today this mural still stands untagged and demonstrating hope to those who passing by and paying homaged to the Lupita of El Cenizo. Candals, milagros and ofrendas are being left asking for help or just a simple thank you to the Lupita.
