McAllen City Commissioner; FTZ Exec Board; TML Region 12 President; TML State Director; VP Dev Corp; small business owner; 20+yr banker. Hardworking, honest, integrity-driven, trusted.
Texas should expand voting rights while keeping elections secure by protecting early and mail voting, modernizing voter registration, and investing in election security—while being careful not to disenfranchise eligible voters or reduce access for working families, seniors, and rural Texans. We must avoid passing legislation directly intended to deter or harm a certain groups ability to vote.
The state should promote preventive care, mental health, and rural access while controlling costs. As the son of a physician with strong medical ties and having expanded access and supported new programs on the City Commission, I support practical solutions—including Medicaid expansion—to make healthcare affordable and accessible for all Texans. We leave federal dollars on the table.
As City Commissioner, we’ve funded programs for upskilling, trade schools, and partnered with industry on incentives with minimum pay requirements. At the State level, I would sponsor bills prioritizing incentive options for good-paying jobs over mere capital investment. When elected, I’ll support legislation expanding workforce development and business incentives to bring opportunity.
I’d support a balanced energy approach: investing in renewable energy, modernizing the grid for reliability, encouraging energy efficiency, and holding polluters accountable—all while ensuring we have affordable power and protecting our natural resources. We must focus on areas needing additional transmission or delivery. We should regulate Ai data centers if they increase the cost for consumers.
Increase the annual budget for water needs significantly, establish long-term planning, including conservation, modernize infrastructure, and expand reuse/storage. We need to expand our sources and not rely solely on river or stormwater. We can build more reservoirs in strategic locations for capture and focus on desalination. We need to protect rivers and aquifers from polluters as well.
We need fair funding for public schools and increase the per student funding from the State to at least the national average. I would support increased teacher and staff pay, expand early childhood programs, and ensure resources reach all communities, regardless of district or choice. Vouchers need stronger guardrails and accountability measures along with equal standards for tax dollars.
I’ve worked in policy for over a decade, currently with a Hispanic civil rights organization, & previously helped pass the largest veterans’ healthcare bill in 45 years - the PACT Act - under Biden.
Protect and expand the freedom to vote by expanding early voting and polling locations for working-class voters, ensure automatic, online and same-day registration, protecting vote-by-mail and offer more drop boxes, ending voter suppression laws, and investing in transparent audits and election security without intimidation.
The state should treat healthcare as essential infrastructure. I would expand Medicaid to include those who can't afford private but make "too much" to qualify for Medicaid, invest in preventive and mental health care, expand community health centers, protect reproductive, lower prescription costs, and strengthen community clinics so every Texan can get care regardless of income or ZIP code.
I’d pass workforce and apprenticeship investments tied to good wages, expand small-business credit, raise the minimum wage, protect unions, and target state incentives to locally owned businesses and high-road employers in underserved communities. We also need to diversify our economy and ensure that we are getting ahead of A.I. before it gets ahead of us.
Texas must invest in a resilient, diversified grid - renewables, storage, and efficiency - while holding utilities accountable. I’d strengthen grid oversight, stop price gouging, expand weatherization, and cut pollution. Clean energy isn’t the future - it’s the present, and addressing the climate crisis is essential to reliability and affordability.
Texas must plan for a future where cheap water is gone. I’d invest in conservation, infrastructure repair, reuse, and responsible desalination (done right, without dumping brine into bays or harming ecosystems) while protecting aquifers and prioritizing long-term water security for growing communities.
Texas must cover far more of the cost of public education to deliver real property tax relief and ensure every child gets a quality education. I’d raise the basic allotment, fully fund special education, enforce transparency and accountability for all publicly funded schools, invest in teachers and support services, and oppose policies that drain classroom resources.
I have represented the RGV on the SDEC and represented Texas Democrats as co-chair of the Hispanic Caucus. I am the only candidate with legislative experience, having staffed State Reps for 5 years.
I will fight to end voter suppression tactics by implementing online and same-day registration, easing back restrictions on mail-in ballots and curbside voting that primarily affect seniors and working people, and proposing an independent redistricting commission to fight gerrymandering and put an end to unconstitutional ad hoc redistricting in between censuses.
Healthcare is a human right, not a corporate revenue stream. As your State Representative, I’ll fight to finally expand Medicaid, bringing our tax dollars home to the RGV. I will propose a cap on insulin and prescription drug costs so that working families in the Valley don’t have to choose between paying for life-saving medical care or rent, childcare, and saving for a better future.
I will repeal Right to Work laws and usher in a dignified living wage for all Texans. I’ll propose a small business equity fund that redirects the billions Texas gives to massive corporations into micro-grants for small businesses and entrepreneurs. I’ll support investments in bridges, freight corridors, modern ports of entry and faster customs processes that support small businesses and truckers.
Energy is a right, not a commodity. I’ll fight to mandate weatherization so the grid never fails us again, and invest in publicly-owned wind and solar to lower RGV bills and protect our air. With state-funded rooftop solar and home efficiency for our families, we can build a green Texas that’s actually affordable.
I support investing in modern water infrastructure like lining canals, expanding reservoirs, upgrading treatment plants, and irrigation reform. We should explore desalination plants to diversify supply, protect local water from diversion, and ensure state funds reach high-risk communities as we plan for growth and climate impacts.
Public schools are underfunded, classroom sizes are too large and teachers are underpaid. I'd fight for the full funding of public schools and getting rid of the voucher scam. I will propose a $15,000/yr raise for teachers as well as raises for all school staff. Educators shouldn't have to struggle and children shouldn't have the quality of their education dictated by their zip code.
