Travis Hudson is originally from Guatemala.  He resides in San Antonio, TX.  He is always asked if he is from San Antonio, and his response is, “No, but I got here as soon as I could.”  Travis’s first language is Spanish, but since he has been in Texas most of his life, he now speaks Tex-Mex. At the age of 14 Travis saw a man on TV and asked his mom who he was.  His mom said, “That’s Elvis.”  Travis’s response was, “Wow he has some really nice hair.  Can you make me a jumpsuit?”  His mom looked at him with an “are you nuts” expression, but she agreed to make him a jumpsuit.

They both went to Hobby Lobby, and together they made a costume—from the jumpsuit and cape, right down to the shoes.  Once the jumpsuit was done, Travis wore it to school for no apparent reason.  The teachers and students started coming out of their classes to get their pictures taken.  Travis didn’t sing Elvis songs at the time, nor he did he own one song of Elvis.  A teacher approached Travis and asked him if he would like to sing for the debate competition that was coming up on the weekend.  Travis then had to ask his dad to buy him a karaoke machine and to go to a music store and buy an Elvis karaoke track. Travis thought he would be singing in front of 20 people or so.  It turned out to be over 400 people that he sang in front of on a stage.  The first two songs that he sang were “Teddy Bear” and “All Shook Up”.  Little did Travis know that this would pave his way into the ETA world.