Gonzales, Ernest Anthony a Representative from Texas; born on October 10, 1980; attended Thomas Edison High School, San Antonio, Tex.; A.A., Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii; B.S., Excelsior College, Albany, N.Y.; attended Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; M.A., American Public University, Charles Town, W.Va.; attending University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.; United States Navy, 1999–2019; faculty, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, Fla.; faculty, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; community representative, Head Start policy council, San Antonio, Tex., 2018–2019; legislative fellow, Office of Legislative Affairs, United States Navy, 2016–2017; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).