About Me
My Education
High School
Del Rio High School, Del Rio, Texas
B.A. University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Double Major: Government at the College of Liberal Arts & Public Policy at the Center for Mexican American Studies
Minor(s): History & Education
Independent Research: The Significance of
High-Stakes Testing Chaired by: Dr. Angela Valenzuela
M.P.A. St. Mary’s University, 2008
Master of Public Administration
M.A. St. Mary’s University, 2021
Master in Educational Leadership ~Distinguished~
M.A. St. Mary’s University, 2021
Master in English Literature & Language
Ph.D. Candidate University of the Incarnate Word
Student Services & Higher Education Administration
Honors
UTSA Honors Program 1995 ~
Summer Program to earn college credit
Presidential Scholarship 1997-2001 ~
4 Year Scholarship from UT-Austin
Texas Exes Alumni Scholarship 1997 ~
Texas Exes Scholarship for Freshman Students
United Civic Organization Scholarship 1997 ~
Hispanic Community Scholarship
Gregory Luna Memorial Scholarship 2001 ~ Endowed Scholarship for Hispanics
Miss Alamo City Latina 2003 ~ Entry into the Miss Texas Latina Pageant
San Antonio Democratic League Rising Star Award 2004 ~ Community Award
Time Warner Cable Hispanic Heritage Scholarship 2007 ~ Writing Contest
Educational Leadership Grants 2017-2021 ~ St. Mary's University
National Society of Leadership & Success 2020 ~ St. Mary's University
The Pat and Dorothy (Lehr) Legan Scholarship 2020-2021 ~ St. Mary's University
Activities
American G.I. Forum – Dr. C.P. Garcia Women’s Chapter
San Antonio Democratic League (SADL) - Executive Committee Member
Senate District 19 Platform Representative - Texas Democratic State Convention
Texas Democrat Sustaining Member - Membership with Texas Democratic Party
Texas Exes Alumni Member - The Student Send-Off & Exes for Texas Chair – San Antonio Chapter
SD 19 Tejano Democrats - Member
Senate District 19 Alternate Delegate 2008 – Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO
Senate District 19 Executive Committee Chairwoman – 2016 to 2018 Texas Democratic Party
DNC National Delegate 2016 – Philadelphia, PA
Mujeres for Biden 2020-2021 ~ Grassroots Group
Golden Key International Honour Society ~ 2022
UIW Doctoral Student Association ~ 2023
National Council of University
Research Administrators (NCURA) ~ Member
Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education ~ TACHE Member
Texas State Delegate
I have been a Texas State Delegate since 2002, and since then, I have attended every Texas Democratic Convention.
National Delegate
I was an Alternate DNC delegate in 2008 & a DNC delegate in 2016.