Meet the Mexican immigrant who made retirement banners for Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Derrick Rose

Meet the Mexican immigrant who made retirement banners for Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Derrick Rose

When Maria Estela Parra saw herself on the Jumbotron at a Chicago Bulls game last month, hand-stitching Derrick Rose’s retirement banner, she pointed to the screen stunned and said, “That’s me.”  Her granddaughter captured the Jan. 24 moment at the United Center on video and within hours, Parra — the 64-year-old Mexican seamstress responsible for many of Chicago’s most iconic sports banners — went viral.  It was a long way from when the mother o…