This Year’s Saint Barbara!

Old Spanish Days has chosen its latest Saint Barbara, a tradition dating back to 1926.

This year’s halo wearer is Julie Romero Hathaway, a three-year member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West Reina Del Mar Parlor No. 126, whose mother held the coveted title in 1946.

She is a graduate of Carpinteria High School.

She will be wearing a white gown, scarlet cape and golden crown carrying a palm frond and a golden chalice. She rides on a Fiesta parade float on her own.