She immigrated to this Houston district as a child with her parents, who worked as farm laborers, and became a children's-health advocate after her oldest child developed asthma.
Leticia Gutierrez is a 45-year resident of the district who came to the country as an immigrant, attended Milby High School, and earned a finance degree from the University of St. Thomas. A single mother of two who has worked in community advocacy and government relations, she won the six-candidate Democratic primary outright with 54% of the vote and is running on affordability, immigrant rights, and environmental justice in the industrial, working-class communities of east Harris County.
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Gutierrez’s take on Texas values
Blames corporate subsidies for squeezing family budgets and says Washington needs to prioritize working people over corporations on bills, rent, and everyday costs. [Houston Style Magazine]