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Kara King serves as the Mayor of Bee Cave, Texas, as well as a teacher in the Lake Travis Independent School District.

Kenda Culpepper is the first woman elected as Rockwall County District Attorney.

Carol Alvarado serves in the Texas Senate District 6—covering portions of Harris County. In 2021, she engaged in a 15-hour filibuster.

Paige Dixon ran for Lewisville ISD and Texas House of Representatives, District 65. She is nothing short of a resilient force.

Ara Grimaldo is the Executive Director of After8 to Educate, a collaboration to shelter youth in Dallas ISD.

Alexandra Guio is currently running for the Texas House of Representatives District 114 in Dallas as a Democrat and the only woman.

Jessica Cisneros is running to represent Texas in Congressional District 28—a position she also ran for in 2020.

Delilah Agho-Otoghile currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Texas Future Project. She also manages VoteSimple.

Vicki Byrd, who was recently elected to the Denton City Council, can trace her experience with community action to her childhood.

Nyx Mendoza has worked on twelve campaigns across North Texas in the short span of three years. She is a campaign guru.

Lucy Hebron is the first woman elected County Judge in Wood County, a small county in East Texas.

Montserrat Garibay was selected by President Biden to serve as the Senior Advisor of Labor Relations for the Department of Education.

Tiesa Leggett recently ran for Fort Worth City Council District 6, the first woman to do so in more than 15 years.

Cimajie Best is a policy expert hailing from Oakcliff, Texas and currently works for a strategic communications firm.

Judge Monica Purdy was elected to the 95th District Court in Dallas County this past November.

Liz Slezak currently serves as the Legislative Director for Texas State Representative Tony Tinderholt.

Lauren Rangel is currently a Reflect Us Fellow and Digital Organizing Manager at the Children’s Defense Fund.

Alison Maguire currently serves as a councilmember for District 4 of Denton City Council.

Jana Sanchez accepted her call to action when she ran for Congressional District 11.

Asia Rodgers is a community leader, facilitator, and small business owner who is making a big difference in Texas through nonprofit work.

We asked women serving their first term in the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate a few questions.

April Farris was recently appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Greg Abbott.

Emily LeBlanc is a member of the Survivors Advisor Board under the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault.

Angelica Erazo received national recognition for her use of tech to crowdsource resources during Hurricane Harvey, COVID, and Ice Storm Uri.