Gladys Roldan-de-Moras

Gladys Roldan-de-Moras is a Mexican-American painter. She is the first Mexican woman to be inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

Early life, family, and education Roldan-de-Moras was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. Her grandfather, a businessman and ranch owner, was instrumental in getting charrería declared the national sport of Mexico. In 2021, her painting Untitled (Traje de Luces) won the Sam Houston Award for Painting at the Briscoe Western Art Museum's Night of Artists in 2021, becoming the first time in the museum's history that an award recipient was decided unanimously by the voters. In 2023, she was the first Mexican woman to be inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

Roland-de-Moras teaches oil painting classes in Texas.

She is married and has three children.