Irma

Born: Brownsville, Texas, USA, 1941

Mother tongue: Spanish

Grandchildren: Nicolás, Logan

They call her: Grandma

We went to track down Irma at her eponymous Tex-Mex restaurant, Irma’s Original. The sign outside read ‘Comida como en su casa’ - food just like at home. The restaurant was in a parking lot in central Houston with corrugated walls, Bud Light signs and Mexican wind chimes. Inside was packed with people dipping tortillas, downing margaritas and forking beautiful combinations into taco shells.