I bring real world experience as a working Texan who understands healthcare costs education needs and economic pressure. I am community focused and committed to people over special interests.
The Legislature needs to fully fund public schools. We need to ensure fair funding across districts, raise teacher pay, and guarantee free meals for all students. Every child deserves a quality education regardless of zip code. Texas school’s need to meet students' basic academic and nutritional needs.
The Legislature should invest in a balanced energy grid that includes fossil fuels renewable energy and nuclear power. Large data centers must help pay to modernize grid infrastructure so costs do not fall on everyday Texans. We must upgrade the grid while protecting air and water to ensure reliable affordable energy long term.
The state should ensure healthcare is affordable accessible and patient centered. The Legislature should regulate the cost of essential care and medications expand access to providers and protect personal medical decisions so Texans can seek care without financial or political barriers.
I believe Texas should allow mail in voting. We should increase the number of polling locations, expand polling hours, and ensure voting is accessible to all eligible Texans.
I have a B.A. from UT Austin in Government and History. I spent over a decade working at UT Austin with underserved youth across Texas and I understand the challenges we are facing as a state.
The Legislature must ensure that tax dollars remain with public schools, therefore must remove the school voucher system entirely. We must increase funding from the state for teacher pay, hire more teachers to reduce class size, and continue to fund programs that feed students. Finally, we must allow the SBOE to develop curriculum which does not favor one religion over another in classrooms.
Texas needs reliable, affordable energy and a healthy environment. The Legislature should strengthen grid reliability and oversight, support a diverse energy mix, protect consumers from price spikes, invest in energy efficiency, and enforce environmental safeguards. With balanced, practical policy, Texas can remain an energy leader while protecting our future.
The Legislature should focus on access, affordability, and prevention. This means Medicaid expansion to bring coverage to millions of Texans, pricing transparency so families are focused on health rather than financial stress, and public health promotion through education and partnerships with local organizations.
The Legislature should focus on making it easier for eligible Texans to vote while maintaining secure, fair elections. We should increase polling locations and expand early and mail-in voting for eligible Texans. The Legislature should also expand voter education programs to increase voter turnout, improve transparency, and bolster voter confidence in the election process.
Neighborhood president and 20‑year labor organizer with experience bringing people together, improving local services, and advocating for fair wages, safe job sites, and strong, resilient communities.
Texas must fully fund public schools, raise teacher pay, invest in special education, and guarantee safe facilities and strong curriculum for every student. Ending burdensome testing and fixing recapture are essential so schools—especially in underserved communities—can keep the resources needed to support students, educators, and families.
Texas should strengthen grid reliability by investing in transmission, weatherizing power plants, and expanding energy storage. The Legislature must support a balanced mix of energy sources, lower costs for consumers, and reduce pollution by encouraging efficiency and clean technologies that protect communities and the environment.
The state should pass Medicaid expansion, bolster rural hospitals, and invest in mental health and community‑based care. Strengthening Medicaid and lowering costs will make healthcare more accessible and reliable for families across Texas, especially in areas with limited medical resources and long‑standing gaps in care.
The Legislature should expand early voting, improve mail‑in ballot access, restore reliable polling locations, and modernize voter registration. Protecting election workers and removing needless barriers will ensure every eligible Texan can vote without obstacles or intimidation.
Austin native, UT Law graduate, & immigration attorney with nearly 20 years of experience. Small business owner who’s helped thousands of families and served on Austin’s Immigrant Affairs Commission.
The Legislature must fully fund public schools, pay teachers what they deserve, and give them the tools and respect to teach safely and effectively. We should invest in mental health, safe campuses, smaller class sizes, and equitable resources so every child, in every community, feels safe, supported, and able to succeed.
Texas should strengthen the grid with weatherization, transparency, and accountability while lowering costs for families. We must expand clean energy like wind, solar, and storage, invest in efficiency, and protect communities from pollution. Reliable, affordable power and a healthy environment are not competing goals – they go hand in hand.
The state has a responsibility to keep Texans healthy by expanding access to affordable care. The Legislature should close the coverage gap, invest in mental health, support community clinics, and protect reproductive freedom so every Texan can get care when they need it, without fear or financial ruin.
Texas should expand access to the ballot by making voting easier, not harder. The Legislature should protect early voting and vote by mail, prevent voter intimidation, invest in safe polling places, fair maps, and transparent election administration, and ensure every eligible voter can register, cast a ballot, and have it counted.
7 years of legislative experience, including 4 as Chief of Staff to Rep. Donna Howard, & experience as a former bilingual educator. I bring policy expertise, institutional knowledge, & ready to serve.
The Legislature must increase the Basic Allotment and permanently tie it to inflation so school funding keeps pace with rising costs. We should reduce reliance on recapture, move toward enrollment-based funding and provide across-the-board pay raises for teachers and support staff. Stable, equitable funding is essential to ensure every student has access to a high-quality education.
The Legislature must invest in grid reliability and resilience while keeping energy affordable for consumers. That means strengthening transmission, improving weatherization, diversifying energy sources, and supporting innovation that reduces strain during extreme weather. We must protect the environment while planning proactively so Texas families and businesses have reliable, affordable power.
The state should play an active role in ensuring all Texans have access to affordable healthcare. That includes expanding Medicaid, strengthening maternal and mental health care, investing in public health, and reducing out-of-pocket costs. Access to care should not depend on income, geography, or insurance status, and healthcare decisions should be guided by medical expertise, not politics.
Texas should expand early voting, allow online voter registration, protect vote by mail, and ensure polling places are accessible and well staffed. The state should also shift the burden of distributing voter registration applications from public schools to the Secretary of State so civic participation is supported statewide, not treated as a burden on educators.
I’ve worked with the Texas Ethics Commission and Legislative Council, giving me insight into how government works. I’m logical, steady, and committed to integrity, transparency, accountability.
The Legislature should reject private school voucher programs and instead fully fund public education. Teachers deserve higher pay, smaller class sizes, and the professional freedom to teach critical thinking and real-life skills, not just train students to pass standardized tests. Strong public schools are essential to student success, workforce readiness, and thriving Texas communities.
The Texas Legislature must end corporate welfare to ERCOT while Texans face astronomical prices during peak demand. Lawmakers should connect our grid to the national system for emergencies, modernize aging infrastructure, and invest in clean energy, storage, and efficiency to lower costs while protecting our air, land, and water for future generations.
The Legislature’s role is to act as a public safety and healthcare access guarantor. That includes ensuring emergency care within 30 minutes statewide, protecting and expanding rural hospitals, strengthening emergency infrastructure, and allowing doctors and nurses to practice evidence-based medicine without fear of punishment or losing their licenses for providing lifesaving care.
The Legislature should expand early voting, increase polling locations, and simplify voter registration so every eligible Texan can participate. Election laws must protect ballot access while ensuring accurate voter rolls, secure and transparent elections, and strong penalties for voter intimidation, misinformation, and election interference.
