Simmons is a Houston union organizer who spent nearly five years with the American Federation of Teachers before winning her first term in 2024.
In her first term she was named House Democratic Caucus Freshman of the Year and passed HB 107, creating Texas's first statewide sickle cell disease registry.
Simmons’s take on Texas values
She supports repealing the 2021 voting-rules law, adding same-day voter registration, and universal mail voting. [campaign website; Ballotpedia]