English teacher at the University of Texas
at El Paso and El Paso Community
College, Communications Director for
former Mayor Raymond Caballero and
the Executive Director of Community
Scholars, a non-profit that taught high
school students how to produce public
policy recommendations.
Congresswoman Escobar and her
husband Michael have two children:
Cristian Diego and Eloisa Isabel, and
they live in Central El Paso.
Congresswoman
Xochitl Torres Small
(D-NM2)
Xochitl Torres Small represents New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional
District, the largest non-at-large district in the nation. Her career
began in the office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall. As his first field
representative in southern New Mexico, she was responsible for ensuring local
communities’ visions and concerns were heard and addressed in
Washington.
Previous to her post as Congresswoman, she was an attorney focused on
water and natural resources issues. In addition to her legal work, she served on
the board of a local co-op and
provided pro bono counsel at a
homeless shelter.
Now in Congress, she is
committed to tackling the unique
issues facing rural communities like
those in southern New Mexico
including health care accessibility,
infrastructure development, and job
growth. She is also committed to
bringing the voices of those who
live and work in New Mexico to
Washington.
Congresswoman
Lori Loureiro Trahan
(D-MA3)
The first Portuguese-American woman elected to Congress Lori
Trahan was born and raised in a working-class family in Lowell,
Massachusetts. Her father was a union ironworker and her mother
was a domestic worker who juggled various part-time jobs while raising
four girls. The first in her family to graduate from college, she earned a
scholarship to play Division 1 volleyball at Georgetown University.
She joined the staff of former Congressman Marty Meehan as a
scheduler, eventually working her way up to Chief of Staff. Following her
public service, she began working in the private sector as the only
female executive at a tech company before moving on to co-found a
woman-owned and operated consulting firm, Concire, where she advised
various companies on business strategy, how to create the conditions for
employees – especially women – to
thrive.
As a member of the House
Education and Labor and House
Armed Services Committees, she is
focused on fighting for working
families on issues such as affordable
health care, quality public education,
workforce development, the
environment, and working to end the
pain and suffering of the opioid crisis.
She is also a member of the
New Dems and the Congressional
Progressive Caucus.
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