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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.

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

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.

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

Rachel Proctor is the Mayor of DeSoto, Texas. Prior to serving as Mayor, Rachel was a DeSoto City Councilmember.

Ana-Maria Ramos currently serves as a representative for District 102 in the Texas House of Representatives.

Justice Reichek serves as a Justice on the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals along with twelve other Justices.

Hosanna Yemiru is a rising example of an immigrant Black woman finding her way through the United States political landscape. Despite...

MacKenzie Jenkins founded Justice She Wrote in 2016, while pursuing a degree at SMU.

Madeleine Keith's passion for people and politics has led her to branch the ideological divide.

The Honorable Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a lawyer by trade, became the first woman federal judge in Texas.

Maria Katsulos is a Presidential Scholar at SMU, double-majoring in history and English with plans to become a professor one day.

Melissa Alfaro serves as a community leader and a co-founder of the Hey Chica! movement.

Ivis Andrade is a former member of the Texas Women’s Foundation Young Women’s Advocacy Council and a current graduate student at SMU.

Lavinia Masters advocated for testing of backlogged rape kits and is the namesake for HB8, The Lavinia Masters Act.

Nancy Rodriguez is a candidate for Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees, District 2—facing off in a runoff election.

Priscilla Yeverino is a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement and introduced Senator Sanders during his first and final TX presidential rallies

Annette Strauss served as the 55th Mayor of Dallas, Texas—being only the second woman mayor and second Jewish mayor.