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Texas Civil Rights ProjectSenior Voting Rights Attorney
Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2025Texas, United StatesDuring the 2024 General Election, I led Texas’s Election Protection Emergency Litigation Team, directing rapid-response legal strategies and high-stakes litigation across all 254 counties. I uncovered systemic threats to voting rights and quickly turned insights into targeted legal and operational action, ensuring every vote had a fair shot at being counted. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Led within Election Threats Mobilization Group, crafting and operationalizing defense strategies against disinformation, voter roll purges, and election-related violence. ► Amplified voter confidence, reduced misinformation, and empowered thousands of Texans to vote, translating complex election law into clear, accessible messaging and volunteer training materials.
Texas Democratic PartyVoter Protection Director
Jan. 2023 - Dec. 2024Dallas, Texas, United StatesI was brought on to expand and lead a groundbreaking, statewide voter protection program—one that is known as a national model in the face of growing threats to election security, disinformation, and voter suppression. With no initial budget and a barebones team, I expanded a community-driven infrastructure to safeguard the rights of millions of Texas voters. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Activated statewide, multi-pronged voter protection program serving all 254 counties encompassing strategy for election administration, poll monitoring, legal protection, and community education. ► Blocked widespread hand-marked ballot hand counts, preventing voter suppression in key jurisdictions. Served as lead strategist in a high-profile Travis County case, generating earned media and setting precedent. ► Launched and scaled 12-hour/day statewide Voter Assistance Hotline, helping 7.5K+ voters overcome barriers to ballot casting. ► Pioneered statewide Voter Protection Ambassador program, transforming local volunteers and community leaders into trusted advocates and fact-based information sources. ► Aligned resources and messaging with federal priorities and national protection efforts, coordinating with Texas Secretary of State, national stakeholders (DNC, DSCC, DCCC), and allied organizations. ► Earned national recognition for innovative strategies, coalition-building, and high-impact programs that are recognized as benchmarks across progressive and electoral organizations.
Galvanize USAPartnerships and Impact Manager
Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2023Dallas, Texas, United StatesI led national and state partnership strategies to engage and move 4M “movable women” voters toward progressive outcomes. I took complex behavioral research and turned it into clear, actionable messaging and training tools for campaigns, grassroots organizers, and donors. By building strong coalitions and delivering powerful, game-changing trainings, I helped amplify our reach and impact in battleground states. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Architected nationwide partnership and coalition-building strategy, enabling allied organizations to integrate cutting-edge research and disinformation defense tools into voter engagement programs. ► Transformed complex research findings into accessible, strategic guidance as a means of empowering partner campaigns, donors, and volunteers to implement effective persuasion and inoculation tactics in the field. ► Pivotal leader in award-winning persuasion program that successfully moved treatment group audiences 15 net points toward progressive values and contributed to significant electoral wins, including Barnes and Protasiewicz campaigns. ► Led campaign consultations across multiple states, supporting integration of creative assets, disinformation inoculation, and persuasion messaging tailored to barriers women face in political decision-making. ► Built and unified coalitions of digital messengers and organizers, strengthening collaboration, alignment, and voter impact across national and state-level programs.
Raise Hell TexasFounder/Executive Director
Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023Texas, United StatesI launched and grew a mission-driven organization focused on amplifying progressive causes, boosting civic engagement, and empowering Texas communities. Through strategic partnerships, education, and grassroots mobilization, I drove real impact on the ground. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Formed inclusive leadership infrastructure and established operations supported by 195 individual donors. ► Launched dynamic digital programming and organized high-profile events, including widely attended forum featuring New York Times bestselling author Mikki Kendall, to inform and inspire civic action among Texas women. ► Forged strategic alliances with organizations – including The Afiya Center and Planned Parenthood – to expand reach and influence in voter education, reproductive justice, and social equity initiatives. ► Championed community-based voter mobilization, delivering resources, education, and opportunities for action that strengthened democratic participation across North Texas.
Everytown for Gun SafetyTexas Political Director
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2020Texas, United StatesAs Everytown’s first-ever state-specific Political Director, I built the foundation from the ground up—setting bold objectives, smart strategies, and tactical operations that would shape political leadership across the country. I took ownership of budgeting, data-driven organizing, cross-team coordination, and protocol development, laying the groundwork for scalable, state-level expansion. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Launched and led first Independent Expenditure Field Program, driving volunteer recruitment, training, and activation at scale. Mobilized 1.5K+ volunteers to make 175K+ calls during critical election cycle. ► Directed multi-departmental collaboration across organizing, digital, political, and data teams to execute statewide programs that blended field organizing, relational tactics, and digital outreach for maximum impact. ► Accelerated volunteer retention and reactivation for improved effectiveness and scalability of future campaigns, building and deploying data capture strategies in VAN and ActionKit. ► Authored Texas-specific messaging and voter engagement strategy aligned to Everytown’s national electoral goals.
Royal Law, PLLCCo-Owner
Jan. 2019Texas, United StatesI led a landmark lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on behalf of medically vulnerable public school students and their families, taking a stand against an executive order that blocked local school districts from enforcing critical COVID-19 safety measures. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Orchestrated cross-sector legal strategy, collaborating with state and federal civil rights organizations, policy experts, and co-counsel to frame compelling constitutional and public health case that advanced through state courts to Texas Supreme Court. ► Amplified human impact and shaped public and judicial narratives, mobilized 2K parents in a grassroots advocacy campaign to submit personalized letters for inclusion in appellate record. ► Generated widespread earned media coverage, positioning the case as a pivotal moment in the national conversation about student rights, disability access, and local governance during the pandemic.
Royal Law, PLLCCo-Owner
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020Texas, United StatesLed litigation team on family, business, personal injury, employment, and civil rights law. Trained attorneys on practice management, client relations and reporting, collaborating with co-counsel, and team management.
Beto for TexasAmbassador Leader/Events Council
Jan. 2018 - Nov. 2018Dallas-Fort Worth MetroplexAs Ambassador, recruited and trained over 45 volunteers and ambassadors in top six campaign volunteer priorities and tracked their metrics throughout campaign. Created Ambassador recruiting and training modules and materials. Integrated Ambassador volunteers with field training and involvement. As Events Council, planned all official campaign town halls and rallies in Dallas and Collin Counties from June 2018 - November 2018, including securing locations based on desired turnout and theme of event, assisting with advertising for the event, recruiting and coordinating with volunteers and Ambassadors, and managing event in conjunction with advance team. As Grassroots Leader, created and managed Breckinridge for Beto, a Collin County volunteer group that connected Beto supporters with one another and organized GOTV activities in eastern Collin County.
WALTERS BALIDO & CRAIN Attorneys at LawOf Counsel Senior Attorney
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2019Texas, United StatesI led a high-stakes, high-volume litigation docket from pre-suit negotiations all the way through post-trial motions, representing clients across Texas in trials, mediations, hearings, and depositions. I crafted winning case strategies, conducted expert site inspections, and navigated complex discovery—while managing and empowering a team of 10 attorneys and staff. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Drafted and reviewed pleadings, dispositive motions, and legal briefs to ensure compliance with statutes, case law, and procedural rules. ►Trusted advisor to clients in complex, sensitive, and high-liability cases. ►Led as first-chair for 2 personal injury jury trials and second-chair for 10+, vast majority delivering favorable defense verdicts. ►Managed litigation docket of 100+ cases from pre-suit investigation through trial, in close coordination with clients, experts, and opposing counsel.
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