PROFILED ON THE RIVARD REPORT
“Gini Garcia always thought she was going to be a doctor. Before entering the world of glassblowing at age 30, Garcia never imagined she would bring beauty to the world and joy to others through swirls of colored glass.
“I was going to be a doctor like my father,” said Garcia, who moved from Monterrey, Mexico, to San Antonio with her family at the age of 5. Now 53, she is president and chief creative officer of Garcia Art Glass in Southtown. “I was a pre-med/biology major at St. Mary’s University, and then after a couple of years I decided that it wasn’t really the right thing for me.”