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ER nurse and Fort Worth City Council District 4 candidate Tara Wilson has spent the last five years deeply involved in advocating
Born and raised in a union family in Houston, Texas, Justice Amanda Reichek’s inspiration for her career and academic studies were in
Irma Duran is currently running for Northside ISD Board of Trustees, a position that had its first woman elected in 1981 and
Rebecca Viagran serves San Antonio City Council, District 3—an area encompassing part of San Antonio’s Southside where she grew up. Some of
All five candidates running for Arlington City Council, District 3 are women. We asked them a few questions for our lighting round
Molly Lubbock is currently running for a position on the Falls City ISD Board of Trustees. She has been an integral part
Lauren Doherty serves in Place 3 (at-large) on the City Council in Allen, a city north of Dallas. She made local news
Hosanna Yemiru is a rising example of an immigrant Black woman finding her way through the United States political landscape. Despite being
Jada Andrews-Sullivan currently represents District 2 on the San Antonio City Council, a position she was elected to as a first-time candidate.
Shevann Steuben currently serves as the Texas NAACP Youth and College Division President, having been elected in the fall of 2019. In
Amy Kroll directs the LBJ Women’s Campaign School, a University of Texas program that trains women to run for office and seek
Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia represents District 4 on San Antonio’s City Council, covering a portion of the city’s South side. In this
A Texas girl at heart, Teneshia Hudspeth is Harris County’s newly elected clerk—the first Black woman to ever hold this position. Born
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark and raised in Providence, Rhode Island but a Texan at heart, Deb Armintor made history for receiving more
MacKenzie Jenkins is an inspiring, passionate advocate for human rights education. She founded Justice She Wrote in 2016, while pursuing a major
Melissa Cabello Havrda sits in the District 6 seat for San Antonio City Council, the district she was born and raised in.
Ann Richards was the first woman State Treasurer of Texas and the second woman to serve as Texas Governor. This is our
A recent graduate from the University of Texas at Dallas, Madeleine Keith left her mark on the campus as a former Archer
When asked what was next for her, Eddie Bernice Johnson, a United States Representative serving the 30th district of Texas laughed a
Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a lawyer by trade, became the first woman federal judge in Texas. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on
Upon first meeting Dalila Reynoso, one cannot help but immediately notice and be struck by the passion and empathy with which she
Maria was born and raised in Plano, Texas. She attended The Hockaday School, an all-girls school, and is currently a Junior at
Barbara Jordan was the first Black person elected to the Texas Senate in 1966. She was also the first Black Texan to
Chiara Pride (Pronouns: She/They) is a former Texas Civic Ambassador for the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and community advocate in