# @texasmoody on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcOc2QJ1E8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9808100-texasmoody-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-11-09T21:51:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TEXAS Moody (@texasmoody) — https://gondola.cc/texasmoody

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#FirstGenLonghorns: Ken Capps grew up three miles from the Forty Acres. Since 5th grade, he knew he wanted to study journalism because of Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent. Capps was the first person in his family to attend and graduate from college. He completed his journalism degree with high honors in 1982 and was named Outstanding Journalism Student of the Year that same year.

His parents and grandparents did not have the means to attend college. They were farmers and railroad workers and served in World War II and the Korean War. "They served this country well. And that service paved the way for me to attend UT. I am proud of their legacy, and I can never thank them enough."

When Capps was ten years old, his father passed away. During the 70s, his mom worked very hard as a single mother to ensure he could attend UT and graduate. That led to a 20-year journalism and a 20-year corporate communications and public affairs career.

He now lives in Dallas, TX, but still stops by his favorite restaurant, Cisco's, on historical East 6th Street, for a plate of migas, where he has been going since 1978. Today, he is part of the Football Writers Association of America - All-American Team Selection Committee, where he gets to attend games on the sidelines. He was recently named a 2023 Moody College Outstanding Alumni. 

"My advice to first-gen students: walk on to the 40 Acres confidently, with your head held high, knowing you can accomplish anything if you work hard and stay focused! Consider getting involved in an extracurricular activity that compliments your major. Do not allow anyone to tell you that you are not good enough. They are 100 percent WRONG. Now, change the world!"

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