Gina Gaston

3 weeks ago | abc13.com | Gina Gaston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The hardest work Gretchen Sheirr does as the Houston Rockets' president of business operations isn't at center stage on the hardwood. Her responsibilities overseeing all business operations for the NBA team and the Toyota Center mostly happen out of the limelight. But she is a core in the organization who never imagined she'd be here. "(This is) 100% beyond my wildest dreams of what I could have thought it could have led," Sheirr said.

1 month ago | abc13.com | Gina Gaston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Erica Lee Carter was elected in November to fill the last two months of her mom Sheila Jackson Lee's congressional term. While Carter sat in her mom's seat, she didn't claim to have filled her shoes. "It kind of closed the circle. I had been on the floor of the House. You can bring your children. I'd been in a lot of those rooms -- in the back of the room, with her over the years.

May 10, 2024 | abc13.com | Gina Gaston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston-area woman was just a teenager when she first went to Africa and fell in love with the people in Tanzania. While in college, she had the bold idea to help the children there get an education, and more remarkably, with the help of many Houston-area neighbors, she started a school that now supports hundreds of students, even one of whom is now a doctor. "I believe in the power of one," Stein said.

Aug 18, 2023 | abc13.com | Gina Gaston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Spring Branch ISD has found an answer to the teacher retention challenge facing many school districts. In Spring Branch ISD, all first-year teachers are paired with a veteran who coaches them during weekly meetings and special instruction sessions throughout the year.

Mar 1, 2023 | abc13.com | Gina Gaston