Columba Bush

Columba Garnica Gallo was born in the community of Arperos, in the city of León, Guanajuato, Mexico, and her parents divorced in 1963. Following the departure of her father, Columba and her mother remained in León. as part of a class at Andover called Man and Society. at the chapel in the Catholic student center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. At the time of the wedding, she did not yet speak English fluently and a part of the wedding ceremony was conducted in Spanish. == Politics ==

in 1999. In 1988, she appeared in a Spanish-language campaign commercial for her father-in-law, George H. W. Bush, in his campaign for President and she presented a nominating speech for him, also in Spanish, at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. As First Lady of Florida, Bush advocated for Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, and Arts for Life, a group that gives scholarships to young artists. Columba Bush has been active in promoting the arts. In 1999, she worked with Arts for a Complete Education/Florida Alliance for Arts Education (ACE/FAAE) to create Arts for Life!, a program devoted to increasing the importance of art in the education system. She has worked on treatment and prevention programs such as the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). She has served as co-chair of the NIAAA initiative, Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, and has served on the board of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. As First Lady, she visited shelters, studied reports on addiction in adolescence, put together exhibitions, and connected donors with charities. During her husband's 2016 presidential election campaign, Bush visited women's shelters in Iowa and New Hampshire. ==Personal life==

Columba has been known to be quiet and reserved, and before marrying Jeb Bush, she had wanted to live a quiet life. Columba Bush's relationship with her mother was the subject of a brief profile in the book Mamá: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothers by María Pérez-Brown. Her sister, Lucila del Carmen Schmitz (born October 1951), and her mother live near her in the Miami area. In addition to her three children, Columba Bush has four grandchildren: two by George P. and two by Jeb Jr. Columba Bush has two older brothers, including Francisco Jose Garnica (born December 1949), who currently lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and a sister, Lucila del Carmen Garnica Gallo (born in 1951). A practicing Roman Catholic, she is a member of Regnum Christi. In 2007, with her husband Jeb, she attended the Regnum Christi Family Convention in Atlanta. ==References==