Columba Bush
Family Member
Mexican-American philanthropist and the wife of Jeb Bush. She served as the First Lady of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
She studied at Instituto Antonia Mayllen.
She used her political life to advocate for issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse and the arts.
Her parents are José María Garnica Rodríguez and Josefina Gallo Esquivel. She and Jeb met when they were still teenagers. They married on February 23, 1974. Their children are George Prescott, Noelle Lucila and John Ellis.
Her sister-in-law, Laura Bush, has also had a career as a political wife.