VASQUEZ, Gabriel, a Representative from New Mexico; born in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, August 3, 1984; graduated from Montwood High School, El Paso, Texas; B.A., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N. Mex., 2008; newspaper editor; nonprofit executive; executive director, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Las Cruces, N. Mex., 2011; staff, United States Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, 2013-2015; member of the Las Cruces, N. Mex., city council, 2017-2021; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress (January 3, 2023-present).