TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A local graduate student is making history at the University of Texas at Tyler, turning her lifelong passion into a historic milestone for the East Texas community.

Estefania Flores is on track to become the first Mexican female in the university's history to earn a Master of Fine Arts.

She is celebrating the achievement with her debut solo art exhibition, "Fragments of Color-ism," now on display in downtown Tyler.