Plesa is the daughter of Romanian immigrants who fled communism, and she grew up attending Plano ISD schools in the district she now represents.
She's Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and helped secure $8.6 million in new state funding for early childhood intervention services.
Plesa’s take on Texas values
As a state lawmaker she has voted against school voucher proposals every time they've come up, and she authored a bill on student health literacy while pushing for more public school funding. [Ballotpedia; campaign website]