Viola Barrios migrated to Texas from Mexico as a child. As a young widow, she established Los Barrios with $3,000 and enlisted the help of her daughters Diana Barrios Treviño, Teresa Barrios Ogden and son Louis Barrios to build a local culinary empire.

Viola passed away in 2008, but her huge heart to support the financially constrained, hardworking individuals lives on through Viola’s Huge Heart Foundation.