Escobar, Veronica a Representative from Texas; born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., September 15, 1969; attended Loretto Academy, El Paso, Tex., and graduated from Burges High School, El Paso, Tex.; B.A., University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Tex., 1991; M.A., New York University, New York, N.Y., 1993; college professor; nonprofit executive; communications director, Mayor of El Paso, Tex.; El Paso County, Tex., commissioner, 2006-2010; El Paso County, Tex., judge, 2011-2017; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-present).