Ballotpedia, Marisela Jimenez

Marisela is from Mexico. She attended Rock Valley Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate communication from Framingham State University. Marisela then earned a master's degree in public administration and a doctorate degree in management and organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix. She resides in Spring with her husband. She has also volunteered for HR Houston and the Education for Tomorrow Alliance. 

Marisela is the founder of  AbrirUp, an educational non-profit. She previously worked as a professor and faculty member at Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Ana G. Mendez University, and Dallas Community College.

Marisela Jimenez's campaign for state representative of District 150 is her first run for public office. 

Believes District 150 is experiencing aging infrastructure, rapid urbanization, and safety problems due to the lack of oversight and accountability.

Promotes the hiring of youth and veterans, as well as investing in small businesses in order to foster a thriving business community

- Believes District 150 is experiencing aging infrastructure, rapid urbanization, and safety problems due to the lack of oversight and accountability.
- Promotes the hiring of youth and veterans, as well as investing in small businesses in order to foster a thriving business community

Economy

Supports gun control, including violent history checks.

Promotes fair immigration laws that "treat immigrants humanely" including offering support for immigrants to integrate into society, such as language classes, job training, and access to education and healthcare

Supports providing legal and accessible pathways for people to enter and remain in the country. This includes work visas, family reunification, and asylum processes.

Wants to collaborate with the local law enforcement authorities to enhance community safety in every way possible.

- Supports gun control, including violent history checks.
- Promotes fair immigration laws that "treat immigrants humanely" including offering support for immigrants to integrate into society, such as language classes, job training, and access to education and healthcare
- Supports providing legal and accessible pathways for people to enter and remain in the country. This includes work visas, family reunification, and asylum processes.
- Wants to collaborate with the local law enforcement authorities to enhance community safety in every way possible.

Public Safety

Supports access to abortion, and believes access to reproductive health services is a "woman’s human right."

- Supports access to abortion, and believes access to reproductive health services is a "woman’s human right."

Healthcare

Opposes school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Said that public schools"are threaten[ed] with insufficient funding to provide quality, equitable, and relevant education for every student, and the future of each student is being sabotaged by the authoritarian and dogmatic absolutists in Texas."

- Opposes school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- Said that public schools"are threaten[ed] with insufficient funding to provide quality, equitable, and relevant education for every student, and the future of each student is being sabotaged by the authoritarian and dogmatic absolutists in Texas."

Education

As of September 7, 2024, Marisela Jimenez’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Marisela Jimenez

Marisela is from Mexico. She attended Rock Valley Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate communication from Framingham State University. Marisela then earned a master's degree in public administration and a doctorate degree in management and organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix. She resides in Spring, Texas with her husband. She has also volunteered for HR Houston and the Education for Tomorrow Alliance. 

Marisela Jimenez's campaign for state representative in Texas State House District 150 is her first run for public office. 

Marisela "Mj" Jimenez lives in California and attended the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and has a family.

Marisela "Mj" Jimenez is currently a Senior Project Manager at a technology firm. She previously worked as a Business Analyst at a financial services company and as a Project Coordinator at a healthcare organization.

As of September 12, 2024, Marisela "Mj" Jimenez’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Marisela "Mj" Jimenez

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