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Upon first meeting Dalila Reynoso, one cannot help but immediately notice and be struck by the passion and empathy with which she

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Maria was born and raised in Plano, Texas. She attended The Hockaday School, an all-girls school, and is currently a Junior at

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Barbara Jordan was the first Black person elected to the Texas Senate in 1966. She was also the first Black Texan to

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Chiara Pride (Pronouns: She/They) is a former Texas Civic Ambassador for the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and community advocate in

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Melissa Alfaro serves as a community leader and a co-founder of the Hey Chica! movement, a Dallas-area organization dedicated to empowering Latinas.

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Vanessa Fuentes recently secured her place on Austin City Council—a race that she won by a landslide against three other opponents. Her

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

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Ariana Rodriguez was the first student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to bring sex education awareness to campus. She founded Islander Feminists,

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Lone Star Parity Project received a special request this past week: a public thank you for our Contributor, Anna Taglioli. This was

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Sometimes it takes a tragedy to shed light on shortcomings within the legal system. This was the case for Lavinia Masters. She

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Nancy Rodriguez is a candidate for Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees, District 2—facing off against the current incumbent in a

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Phyllis Martinez Gonzalez presided over the Title IV-D Court located in El Paso, Texas for the past seven years. She recently ran

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Misaki Collins is a born and bred advocate—having recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in political science,

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As a cofounder of the Sunrise movement, the speaker to introduce Senator Sanders during his first and final rallies of his presidential

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

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For Cydnei Drake, there was no straight path to success. Everything she has accomplished thus far comes because of her dedication and

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Born and raised in the Greater Houston area, Jaimy Blanco is a businesswoman and a Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate for

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Alicia McClung is running to represent District 8 on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees. Alicia was born and bred in the

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Sima Ladjevardian is running for United States Congressional District 2. When Sima was sixteen, her family immigrated to the United States to

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As we are just a few weeks away from the 2020 elections, eyes across the state of Texas have been on the

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Judge Andrea Bouressa was appointed to the 471st District Court in Collin County by Governor Greg Abbott on September 1, 2019. Serving

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Vanessa Diosdado is the youngest candidate and only Hispanic woman running to represent Sulphur Springs City Council. At twenty years old, Vanessa

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Passionate, tenacious, and persevering are three words to describe Elizabeth Hernandez – a Latinx woman candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives

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A Houstonian throughout her life, Adrienne Bell is Texas’ 14th Congressional District candidate. Her passion transcends her work — from her circle