There is a new exhibit at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg.

This isn't your typical walk through history, it's personal, powerful and packed with leaders from the Rio Grande Valley.

Malary Coch didn't go to school on Friday. Her mom, Lenora Mercado, decided they'd spend the day learning differently.

"So I was like, what better way to kind of, like, walk it out and feel better than to come to the Edinburg museum?" Mercado said.

"I really love history, and I come here like with the kids, it really gives me emotion and helps me learn history stuff," Coch said.

Mom and daughter were among the first to see the newly opened exhibit at the museum, The Right To Learn, a history of education in South Texas.

"It's nice to let her know her heritage and where she came from and that

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