JoaquÃn Castro
Joaquín Castro ( born September 16, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Since January 2013 he is a Member in the House of Representatives of the United States, where he represents the 20th electoral district of the state of Texas.
Biography
Castro grew up in San Antonio and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School. He completed studies at Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communication Studies from, as well as the study of law with a JD from Harvard Law School. His twin brother Julian is the current mayor of San Antonio.
Public life
Castro's interest in political work and work for the community was awakened very early, since his parents engaged politically. His father was in the 1970s, a community activist and retired mathematics teacher and his mother a political activist.
Castro was elected at the age of 28 years in the Texas House of Representatives in 2002 and served there for five terms until 2012. He was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Higher Education .. He worked in the areas of public education, health and the juvenile court system. He wrote and worked, among others, in the legislative process for the development of human resources, safety on motorways and educational programs that have aimed to reduce teenage pregnancies, with.
Castro was in June of 2011, to apply for a seat in Congress. At first he planned to run for the new 35th Congressional District of Texas. But after November 28, 2011, had announced his resignation of the deputy of the 20th district, Charlie Gonzalez, Castro decided instead of the 35th District to run for the 20th, which mainly includes the downtown San Antonio. In November 2012 Castro won the election against Republican David Rosa clearly with 64:33 percent of the vote, whereupon it on January 3, 2013 its headquarters in Washington DC could take.
At the Democratic convention in 2012, he announced his brother Julian, who gave the keynote address. of.
Private life
Castro is the son of Jesse Guzman and Rosie Castro and the twin brother of Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio. Besides his work in the Texas House of Representatives, he has also worked as a lawyer in San Antonio. In addition, he is also a visiting professor of law at St. Mary's University and Trinity University in San Antonio.
Castro is a member of the board of several non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education, for example, "Achieving the Dream ", "The National College Advising Corps. " " St. Phillip 's College President's Advisory Board ," " St. Mary's University Mission " and also in the NALEO task Force on Education.