DE LA CRUZ, Monica, a Representative from Texas; born in Texas, November 11, 1974; graduated from James Pace High School, Brownsville, Tex.; B.B.A., University of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., 1997; marketing professional; insurance agent; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress (January 3, 2023-present).