Rosa Maria Berdeja might have been happy working as a maid. Cleaning was calming to her. It brought her joy to create order from chaos.
But she yearned for more.
The Brownsville native — now a successful Fort Worth immigration attorney and community leader who runs her practice out of La Gran Plaza — grew up in a family that emphasized work over academics. The sixth of nine children, her childhood was filled with hardships, but she did well in school because she knew she was guaranteed to receive two daily meals there…