Flores grew up along the border and later moved to Austin. The official Texas House biography says: “Lulu moved to Austin to study at the University of Texas. There she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors in Government before earning her Juris Doctor degree from the university’s School of Law while attending on an academic scholarship.”

Texas House of Representatives - Rep. Flores, Lulu (Biography)

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores earned a Bachelor of Arts in government from the University of Texas and a law degree from the university's School of Law.

2026 Texas General Election

Oppose banning books and the teaching of accurate history or critical thinking
Increase transit and access to transportation services, including bicycling and bicycle lanes
Close gaps in broadband access in underserved communities

Lulu Flores for State Representative - Issues

Increase transit and access to transportation services, including bicycling and bicycle lanes
Close gaps in broadband access in underserved communities
Reduce food desserts and increase access to healthy food choices

Ensure we receive our share of healthcare clinics, practitioners, and services, including COVID-19 education, vaccines, testing
Expand apprenticeships, job training programs, and other opportunity for sustainable employment
End spending on wasteful partisan priorities such as fake clinics and border walls and prioritize Texans basic needs

End spending on wasteful partisan priorities such as fake clinics and border walls and prioritize Texans basic needs
Create new revenue streams such as through the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis
Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax

Create new revenue streams such as through the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis
Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax
Move away from an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system

Use the Rainy Day Fund to meet acute needs such as learning loss due to COVID-19, loss of healthcare access in underserved areas, and foster care, before they become untenable
Protect the right to organize, stop attacks on unions, and keep automatic payroll deductions
Fight attempts to undermine workplace protections and pay equity enacted by local governments

Protect the right to organize, stop attacks on unions, and keep automatic payroll deductions
Fight attempts to undermine workplace protections and pay equity enacted by local governments
Raise the minimum wage and end subminimum wage for youth or Texans with disabilities

Fight attempts to undermine workplace protections and pay equity enacted by local governments
Raise the minimum wage and end subminimum wage for youth or Texans with disabilities
Pass statewide work safety measures, including water breaks, heat safety standards, mandatory rest periods, and clear enforcement mechanisms to protect workers in high-risk environments

Raise the minimum wage and end subminimum wage for youth or Texans with disabilities
Pass statewide work safety measures, including water breaks, heat safety standards, mandatory rest periods, and clear enforcement mechanisms to protect workers in high-risk environments
Provide state workers an across the board pay raise, fund a cost of living adjustment for retirees, and return pensions to defined benefit plan

Advocates for expanded public transit, bicycle infrastructure, and broadband access in underserved communities.

Advocates for apprenticeships and job-training programs for sustainable employment.

Proposes legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis to create state revenue.

Advocates for closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise-tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.

Advocates for protecting union organizing and automatic payroll deductions and preserving local workplace protections and pay-equity policies.

Advocates for raising the minimum wage and ending subminimum wages for young workers and Texans with disabilities.

Proposes statewide workplace-safety standards including water breaks, heat protections, rest periods, and enforcement mechanisms.

- Advocates for expanded public transit, bicycle infrastructure, and broadband access in underserved communities.
- Advocates for apprenticeships and job-training programs for sustainable employment.
- Proposes legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis to create state revenue.
- Advocates for closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise-tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.
- Advocates for protecting union organizing and automatic payroll deductions and preserving local workplace protections and pay-equity policies.
- Advocates for raising the minimum wage and ending subminimum wages for young workers and Texans with disabilities.
- Proposes statewide workplace-safety standards including water breaks, heat protections, rest periods, and enforcement mechanisms.

Economy

Work with local officials to purchase more voting machines, hire more poll workers, increase polling locations, and expand voting hours to the maximum allowed by law
End use of chokeholds and reform use of force
Require a duty to intervene when another officer is potentially using excessive force, and require a duty to render aid to those being detained or arrested or otherwise

End use of chokeholds and reform use of force
Require a duty to intervene when another officer is potentially using excessive force, and require a duty to render aid to those being detained or arrested or otherwise
Collect better data in terms of interactions with law enforcement and traffic stops

Require a duty to intervene when another officer is potentially using excessive force, and require a duty to render aid to those being detained or arrested or otherwise
Collect better data in terms of interactions with law enforcement and traffic stops
Legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund key needs

Collect better data in terms of interactions with law enforcement and traffic stops
Legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund key needs
Release and expunge records of those with drug simple possession charges

Legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund key needs
Release and expunge records of those with drug simple possession charges
Lower penalties for non-violent offenses, resist escalations leading to severe sentencing

Release and expunge records of those with drug simple possession charges
Lower penalties for non-violent offenses, resist escalations leading to severe sentencing
Oppose mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms

Lower penalties for non-violent offenses, resist escalations leading to severe sentencing
Oppose mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms
Focus on diversion programs; treatment, education, job skills, counseling while incarcerated, and throughout incarceration and not just at end; re-entry programs

Oppose mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms
Focus on diversion programs; treatment, education, job skills, counseling while incarcerated, and throughout incarceration and not just at end; re-entry programs
Focus on social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators

Stop expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K or other young students that inappropriately remove them from the classroom
Cease charging 17 year olds as adults
Invest in alternative energy and green/clean energy jobs, including re-training programs

Advocates for ending police chokeholds and requiring officers to intervene against potentially excessive force and provide aid to detainees.

Advocates for improved data collection on law-enforcement interactions and traffic stops.

Proposes legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis and expunging records for simple drug-possession charges.

Advocates for lower penalties for nonviolent offenses, alternatives to mandatory cash bail, diversion programs, and reentry services.

Advocates for ending the practice of charging 17-year-olds as adults.

- Advocates for ending police chokeholds and requiring officers to intervene against potentially excessive force and provide aid to detainees.
- Advocates for improved data collection on law-enforcement interactions and traffic stops.
- Proposes legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis and expunging records for simple drug-possession charges.
- Advocates for lower penalties for nonviolent offenses, alternatives to mandatory cash bail, diversion programs, and reentry services.
- Advocates for ending the practice of charging 17-year-olds as adults.

Public Safety

INCREASE HEALTHCARE ACCESS
Expand Medicaid to provide 1.5 million Texans access to care, bring $110B of our tax dollars home to help shore up healthcare infrastructure, lower uncompensated care costs, reduce all of our premiums, and save lives
Focus on maternal mortality, including implementing a full year postpartum Medicaid access and increasing cultural competency so that health concerns of women of color are taken seriously

Expand Medicaid to provide 1.5 million Texans access to care, bring $110B of our tax dollars home to help shore up healthcare infrastructure, lower uncompensated care costs, reduce all of our premiums, and save lives
Focus on maternal mortality, including implementing a full year postpartum Medicaid access and increasing cultural competency so that health concerns of women of color are taken seriously
Increase parity for mental health with respect to insurance coverage and offer more mental health services in schools, as well as training for educators and education/awareness for parents

Focus on maternal mortality, including implementing a full year postpartum Medicaid access and increasing cultural competency so that health concerns of women of color are taken seriously
Increase parity for mental health with respect to insurance coverage and offer more mental health services in schools, as well as training for educators and education/awareness for parents
Protect abortion access, add funding for the indigent, and restore Planned Parenthood to Title X funds

Increase parity for mental health with respect to insurance coverage and offer more mental health services in schools, as well as training for educators and education/awareness for parents
Protect abortion access, add funding for the indigent, and restore Planned Parenthood to Title X funds
Increase access to contraceptives and IVF, improve family planning services, and teach medically accurate sex-ed

Promote healthy living and nutrition education
Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessibleEnsure every Texan can access IVF, no matter their income

Ensure every Texan can access IVF, no matter their income
Implement funding for indigent in need of abortion services so have equal access
End funding for alternatives to abortion and put into healthcare and family planning

Protect abortion access, add funding for the indigent, and restore Planned Parenthood to Title X funds
Increase access to contraceptives and IVF, improve family planning services, and teach medically accurate sex-ed
Promote healthy living and nutrition education

Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessibleEnsure every Texan can access IVF, no matter their income
Implement funding for indigent in need of abortion services so have equal access
End funding for alternatives to abortion and put into healthcare and family planning

End funding for alternatives to abortion and put into healthcare and family planning
Stop attacks on trans kids and stand up for for equality for LGBTQIA+ community
Push back on attacks on reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy

Advocates for expanding Medicaid and extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year.

Advocates for mental-health insurance parity, additional school mental-health services, and related training for educators and parents.

Advocates for abortion access, including repealing medically unnecessary restrictions and funding services for low-income patients.

Advocates for access to contraception and in vitro fertilization, improved family-planning services, and medically accurate sex education.

Opposes policies targeting transgender youth and advocates for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people.

- Advocates for expanding Medicaid and extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year.
- Advocates for mental-health insurance parity, additional school mental-health services, and related training for educators and parents.
- Advocates for abortion access, including repealing medically unnecessary restrictions and funding services for low-income patients.
- Advocates for access to contraception and in vitro fertilization, improved family-planning services, and medically accurate sex education.
- Opposes policies targeting transgender youth and advocates for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people.

Healthcare

Provide a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improve TRS-Care
Reduce overreliance on standardized tests, punitive A-F ratings, and other school ratings tactics that do nothing to measure the actual learning going on in the classroom
Eliminate loopholes to best practices around class size and similar

Reduce overreliance on standardized tests, punitive A-F ratings, and other school ratings tactics that do nothing to measure the actual learning going on in the classroom
Eliminate loopholes to best practices around class size and similar

SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and increase educational outcomes for students while providing needed relief to teachers and administrators
Raise teacher salaries across the board until they are competitive nationwide, provide more time for planning and less on administrative tasks, and increase mentorship for new teachers

Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and increase educational outcomes for students while providing needed relief to teachers and administrators
Raise teacher salaries across the board until they are competitive nationwide, provide more time for planning and less on administrative tasks, and increase mentorship for new teachers
Provide a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improve TRS-Care

Raise teacher salaries across the board until they are competitive nationwide, provide more time for planning and less on administrative tasks, and increase mentorship for new teachers
Provide a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improve TRS-Care
Reduce overreliance on standardized tests, punitive A-F ratings, and other school ratings tactics that do nothing to measure the actual learning going on in the classroom

Push back on attacks on reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy
Oppose banning books and the teaching of accurate history or critical thinking
Increase transit and access to transportation services, including bicycling and bicycle lanes

Focus on diversion programs; treatment, education, job skills, counseling while incarcerated, and throughout incarceration and not just at end; re-entry programs
Focus on social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators
End zero tolerance policies and reduce criminal referrals from the school systems

Focus on social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators
End zero tolerance policies and reduce criminal referrals from the school systems
Stop expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K or other young students that inappropriately remove them from the classroom

Advocates for reducing reliance on standardized tests and A-F school ratings and enforcing class-size practices.

Advocates for increased state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and improve student outcomes.

Advocates for competitive teacher pay, more planning time, fewer administrative tasks, and mentorship for new teachers.

Opposes book bans and restrictions on teaching accurate history or critical thinking.

Advocates for restorative and trauma-informed school practices and ending zero-tolerance policies and criminal referrals from schools.

- Advocates for reducing reliance on standardized tests and A-F school ratings and enforcing class-size practices.
- Advocates for increased state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and improve student outcomes.
- Advocates for competitive teacher pay, more planning time, fewer administrative tasks, and mentorship for new teachers.
- Opposes book bans and restrictions on teaching accurate history or critical thinking.
- Advocates for restorative and trauma-informed school practices and ending zero-tolerance policies and criminal referrals from schools.

Education

Cease charging 17 year olds as adults
Invest in alternative energy and green/clean energy jobs, including re-training programs
Oppose environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods

Invest in alternative energy and green/clean energy jobs, including re-training programs
Oppose environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods
Stop attacks on local environmental ordinances, including trees, endangered species, and water

Resist efforts to defund TERP or other programs designed to improve environmental equity
Support a regulatory scheme that helps residents defend themselves from environmental hazards, and has actual punishments and teeth for polluters and abusers
Increase funding for staff, supplies, PPE, and sanitation to address complications to childcare brought on and exacerbated by COVID-19 and prevail on Congress to grant relief

Oppose environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods
Stop attacks on local environmental ordinances, including trees, endangered species, and water
Resist efforts to defund TERP or other programs designed to improve environmental equity

Advocates for investment in alternative energy, clean-energy jobs, and worker retraining programs.

Opposes environmental hazards near low-income and minority communities and supports enforceable penalties for polluters.

Opposes state restrictions on local environmental ordinances concerning trees, endangered species, and water.

- Advocates for investment in alternative energy, clean-energy jobs, and worker retraining programs.
- Opposes environmental hazards near low-income and minority communities and supports enforceable penalties for polluters.
- Opposes state restrictions on local environmental ordinances concerning trees, endangered species, and water.

Energy & the Environment

Support community voices in shaping inclusive policies that celebrate Texas’s diversity
Expand voting access, end voter purges, and ban partisan intimidation by poll watchers
Implement online voter registration for any Texan as well as automatic and same-day registration

Expand voting access, end voter purges, and ban partisan intimidation by poll watchers
Implement online voter registration for any Texan as well as automatic and same-day registration
Broaden voting by mail to any qualified voter, with no excuse needed or age restriction

Implement online voter registration for any Texan as well as automatic and same-day registration
Broaden voting by mail to any qualified voter, with no excuse needed or age restriction
Make Texas college, government, and tribal IDs eligible for use as a Voter ID

Broaden voting by mail to any qualified voter, with no excuse needed or age restriction
Make Texas college, government, and tribal IDs eligible for use as a Voter ID
Work with local officials to purchase more voting machines, hire more poll workers, increase polling locations, and expand voting hours to the maximum allowed by law

Advocates for expanded voting access, ending voter purges, and prohibiting partisan intimidation by poll watchers.

Advocates for online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.

Supports access to online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.

Advocates for no-excuse voting by mail for qualified voters and broader voter-identification options.

- Advocates for expanded voting access, ending voter purges, and prohibiting partisan intimidation by poll watchers.
- Supports access to online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.
- Advocates for no-excuse voting by mail for qualified voters and broader voter-identification options.

Voting & Elections

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Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores

- Advocates for increased state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and improve student outcomes.
- Advocates for competitive teacher pay, more planning time, fewer administrative tasks, and mentorship for new teachers.
- Opposes book bans and restrictions on teaching accurate history or critical thinking.
- Advocates for restorative and trauma-informed school practices and ending zero-tolerance policies and criminal referrals from schools.

- Advocates for expanded voting access, ending voter purges, and prohibiting partisan intimidation by poll watchers.
- Advocates for online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.
- Advocates for no-excuse voting by mail for qualified voters and broader voter-identification options.

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores is from San Antonio, Texas. She has a bachelor 27s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is an attorney by profession and a longtime Austin resident. She is married to her husband, Scott.

Lulu Flores - Ballotpedia

State Rep. Lulu Flores - Texas Policy Research

Member profile for Lulu Flores - Texas Legislative Reference Library

Lulu is an attorney. She previously worked as the chief of staff for the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House, as the director of legislative programs for the State Bar of Texas, and as the assistant director for alternative fuels policy and legislation at the Texas Railroad Commission. She also served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Women's Political Caucus. 

Lulu is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2023 to represent District 51. She previously served in the Texas House from 2001 to 2003.

Supports legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis.

Supports closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.

Supports moving away from "an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system."

Supports raising the minimum wage and ending subminimum wage for youth and disabled Texans.

Supports passing statewide work safety measures, including water breaks, heat safety standards, mandatory rest periods, and clear enforcement mechanisms to protect workers in high-risk environments.

Supports providing state workers with pay raises, funding cost of living adjustments for retirees, and returning pensions to defined benefit plans.

Supports restoring women and minority-owned businesses to the Historically Underrepresented Business program.

Supports closing the funding gap for Child Protective Services and Foster Care.

Wants to reverse privatization efforts in the child welfare system.

Supports mandating police officers to intervene when witnessing excessive force by another officer.

Supports releasing and expunging records of those with simple drug possession charges.

Supports reducing penalties for non-violent offenses.

Opposes "mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms."

Supports focusing on diversion programs, treatment, education, job skills, and counseling for incarcerated individuals.

Supports "social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators."

Wants to end "zero tolerance policies" and reduce criminal referrals from school systems.

Supports ceasing to charge 17-year-olds as adults.

Opposes environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods.

Supports stopping "attacks on local environmental ordinances, including trees, endangered species, and water."

Supports the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), saying, "Resist efforts to defund TERP or other programs designed to improve environmental equity"

Supports a regulatory scheme to help residents defend against environmental hazards, with strict punishments for polluters and abusers.

Wants to increase public transit and transportation services, including biking and bike lanes.

Supports closing gaps in broadband access in underserved communities.

Wants to "reduce food desserts and increase access to healthy food choices."

Supports ensuring access to healthcare clinics, practitioners, and services, including COVID-19 education, vaccines, and testing.

Supports access to abortion, increasing healthcare funding for underserved populations, and restoring Planned Parenthood to Title X funds.

Supports increasing access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF), improving family planning services, and providing medically accurate sex education.

Supports promoting healthy living and nutrition education.

Supports reversing "medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws" to ensure abortion is safe, legal, and accessible.

Supports access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) for all Texans, regardless of income.

Supports access to abortion and wants to "implement funding for indigent in need of abortion services so have equal access."

Wants to end funding for "alternatives to abortion" and redirect funds into healthcare and family planning.

Supports the protection of transgender children and advocates for LGBTQIA+ community equality.

Supports increasing state funding for public schools to improve student outcomes and provide relief for teachers and administrators.

Supports raising teacher salaries until they are competitive nationwide, providing more planning time, reducing administrative tasks, and increasing mentorship for new teachers.

Supports providing cost-of-living adjustments for retired educators and enhancing TRS-Care (Teacher Retirement System of Texas-Care).

Plans to reduce reliance on standardized tests, A-F school ratings, and other rating tactics that do not measure actual classroom learning.

Opposes banning books and supports teaching accurate history and critical thinking.

Supports social-emotional learning, restorative justice, and trauma-informed, bias training for educators.

Supports ending expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K and other young students.

Supports increasing funding for childcare staff, supplies, and sanitation to address COVID-19 complications and urges Congress for additional relief.

Supports addressing maternal mortality by extending Medicaid coverage for a year postpartum and enhancing cultural competency to ensure health concerns of women of color are taken seriously.

Supports increasing insurance coverage for mental health services and providing more mental health resources in schools.

As of July 22, 2026, Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports expanding voting access, ending voter purges, and banning partisan intimidation by poll watchers.

Supports online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.

Supports mail-in voting for all qualified voters without restrictions.

Supports making Texas college, government, and tribal IDs eligible for use as a voter ID.

Supports increasing the number of voting machines, poll workers, and polling locations, as well as expanding voting hours to ensure a smooth election process.

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores is from San Antonio, Texas. She has a bachelor 27s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is married to her husband, Scott, and they run a law firm together.

Lulu is an attorney. She is a partner at Hendler Flores Law, PLLC. She previously worked as the director of legislative programs for the State Bar of Texas and as an assistant director for alternative fuels policy and legislation at the Texas Railroad Commission. Before her election to the Texas House, she also worked as a community organizer. 

Lulu is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 51. She was first elected in 2023. Previously, she served in the Texas House from 2001 to 2003.

Said, "Create new revenue streams such as through the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis"

Said, "Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax"

Said, "Move away from an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system"

Said, "Raise the minimum wage and end subminimum wage for youth or Texans with disabilities"

Said, "Pass statewide work safety measures, including water breaks, heat safety standards, mandatory rest periods, and clear enforcement mechanisms to protect workers in high-risk environments"

Said, "Provide state workers an across the board pay raise, fund a cost of living adjustment for retirees, and return pensions to defined benefit plan"

Said, "Restore women and minority-owned businesses to the Historically Underrepresented Business program"

Said, "Expand apprenticeships, job training programs, and other opportunity for sustainable employment"

Said, "Eradicate the funding gap for CPS and Foster Care so that there are adequate resources to take care of Texas children as opposed to sleeping in office buildings or sending to unsafe placements out of state"

Said, "Reverse the disastrous privatization efforts in the child welfare system"

Said, "End use of chokeholds and reform use of force"

Said, "Require a duty to intervene when another officer is potentially using excessive force, and require a duty to render aid to those being detained or arrested or otherwise"

Said, "Collect better data in terms of interactions with law enforcement and traffic stops"

Said, "Legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund key needs"

Said, "Release and expunge records of those with drug simple possession charges"

Said, "Lower penalties for non-violent offenses, resist escalations leading to severe sentencing"

Said, "Oppose mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms"

Said, "Focus on diversion programs; treatment, education, job skills, counseling while incarcerated, and throughout incarceration and not just at end; re-entry programs"

Said, "Focus on social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators"

Said, "End zero tolerance policies and reduce criminal referrals from the school systems"

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Supports ceasing the practice of charging 17-year-olds as adults.

Said, "Stop attacks on local environmental ordinances, including trees, endangered species, and water"

Opposes efforts to defund programs designed to improve environmental equity.

Said, "Support a regulatory scheme that helps residents defend themselves from environmental hazards, and has actual punishments and teeth for polluters and abusers"

Said, "Increase transit and access to transportation services, including bicycling and bicycle lanes"

Said, "Close gaps in broadband access in underserved communities"

Supports reducing food deserts and increasing access to healthy food choices.

Supports focusing on maternal mortality by implementing a full year of postpartum Medicaid access and increasing cultural competency in healthcare for women of color.

Said, "Increase parity for mental health with respect to insurance coverage and offer more mental health services in schools, as well as training for educators and education/awareness for parents"

Said, "Protect abortion access, add funding for the indigent, and restore Planned Parenthood to Title X funds"

Said, "Increase access to contraceptives and IVF, improve family planning services, and teach medically accurate sex-ed"

Said, "Promote healthy living and nutrition education"

Said, "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"

Supports ensuring every Texan can access in vitro fertilization (IVF), regardless of income.

Said, "Implement funding for indigent in need of abortion services so have equal access"

Supports ending funding for alternatives to abortion and reallocating those funds to healthcare and family planning.

Said, "Stop attacks on trans kids and stand up for for equality for LGBTQIA+ community"

Said, "Push back on attacks on reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy"

Said, "Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, and increase educational outcomes for students while providing needed relief to teachers and administrators"

Said, "Raise teacher salaries across the board until they are competitive nationwide, provide more time for planning and less on administrative tasks, and increase mentorship for new teachers"

Said, "Provide a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improve TRS-Care"

Believes in reducing overreliance on standardized tests and punitive school ratings that do not accurately measure learning in the classroom.

Said, "Eliminate loopholes to best practices around class size and similar"

Said, "Oppose banning books and the teaching of accurate history or critical thinking"

Supports stopping expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K and young students that inappropriately remove them from the classroom.

Said, "Increase funding for staff, supplies, PPE, and sanitation to address complications to childcare brought on and exacerbated by COVID-19 and prevail on Congress to grant relief"