Features

Aug 31
5 min

Averie Bishop: "If not me, then who?"

Averie Bishop simply phrased her approach to life as “if not me, then who?” She has guided herself into new territory with this concept.

Aug 17
3 min

Cecilia Silva: Bringing resources home

Cecilia Silva works as an administrator with the League of Women Voters of Dallas and as the Dallas County Site Coordinator for ReflectUs.

Aug 10
3 min

Staci Williams: Running for Texas Supreme Court

Judge Staci Williams is running for Texas Supreme Court, Place 7. She is currently the two-term presiding judge of the 101st Civil District.

Aug 3
4 min

Andrea Flores: Standing atop the shoulders of giants

Andrea Flores was the first Latina elected as Senior Class President at Texas A&M University.

Jul 6
4 min

Erin Nowell: Triumph through discomfort

Erin Nowell currently serves as a Justice on the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals in place 5.

Jun 22
2 min

Jessica González: Proof that women can get things done

Jessica González is currently serving her first term in the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 104.

Mar 23
4 min

Genevieve Collins: Captain of her ship

Genevieve Collins is a native Dallasite running for United States Congress in Congressional District 32.

Mar 9
3 min

Luisa del Rosal: Challenging the status quo for new candidates

Luisa del Rosal is running to win the seat for Texas House of Representatives District 114, an area serving large portions of North Dallas.

Nov 26, 2019
2 min

Amanda Arizola: Data tells the story

Currently, Arizola serves as Chief Analyst for Urban Theory and Dallas County Program Manager for Reflect Us.

Nov 25, 2019
4 min

Lupe Valdez: "You can't win being someone else."

Lupe Valdez Hispanic and first openly-gay candidate to receive the gubernatorial nomination by either major party.

Sep 9, 2019
3 min

Maria Lopez: No Nine-Digit Number

At only 18 years old, Maria Lopez is a powerful immigrant rights activist in the Dallas area.

Aug 1, 2019
3 min

Da'Shayla Foard: The Next Generation of Advocacy

Da’Shayla Foard, an incoming senior at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, is already well versed in politics.

Jul 24, 2019
4 min

Karla Garcia: A lesson in people power

Karla Garcia now serves as the youngest and first-ever Latina to serve on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees.

Jul 12, 2019
3 min

Cydney Walker: Bridging the gender gap

Cydney Walker is the Founder and Host of Coffee and Politics 101, a grassroots video series focused on local and state politics.

Jul 2, 2019
4 min

Asha Beacham: Defying self-hatred

Asha Beacham shook the Dallas-area community when she published her first episode of Tough Topics.

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Rhetta Andrews Bowers: Being a bridge

hetta Bowers, recently elected to the Texas House of Representatives, is the first black woman to be elected in House District 113.

Apr 2, 2019
4 min

Regina Montoya - Her dream is providing the opportunity for others to dream

Part of Regina Montoya's service to Dallas was being appointed chair of the Dallas Mayor’s Taskforce on Poverty by Mike Rawlings.

Mar 25, 2019
3 min

Cassandra Hernandez: Our Gen Z Hero

As our youngest feature subject thus far, we hope you are as impressed as we are. Meet our Gen Z hero: Cassandra Hernandez.

Mar 5, 2019
4 min

Lillian Salerno: A lifetime of fighting for the people

Lillian ran for the United States House of Representatives for Texas District 32, which is mostly the northern and eastern part of Dallas.

Nov 28, 2018
4 min

Susan Byrnes Long: Writing the stories of today for generations to come

Susan Byrnes Long is the founder of How She Got Here, a podcast of “conversations with everyday extraordinary women.”

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