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Rep. Reyna represents Texas House District 101, which includes Sunnyvale and parts of Dallas, Mesquite, Garland, Seagoville and Balch Springs. She was first elected in 1993, but her political career actually began in the local elementary school where she served as president of the parent-teacher association. "I volunteered in the school and was also very involved in the community and with community issues," she explained. That involvement eventually led to an interest in politics and a staff position in the office of state Rep. Bill Blackwood. At the same time, Reyna returned to college, first attending Eastfield College and then completing her bachelor's degree at UTA in 1989. While she and her husband raised two teen-agers, she worked 24 hours a week in Rep. Blackwood's office and took 12 credit hours per semester. "I look back now and I wonder, 'How did I do it?' " she asks. "Sometimes I was so tired and I wanted to quit, but my husband would say, 'Oh no. You've come too far to quit.'" When Blackwood died in 1993, friends persuaded Reyna to run for office. "I
was a little reluctant because I had worked in the office and I knew how
much time it takes and how much work it is," she said. "But I ran because
I felt that I was the candidate with the greatest commitment to the citizens."
This session, Rep. Reyna will focus on higher education, particularly
funding challenges, as well as juvenile justice and family issues. "I'm
happy doing what I'm doing," she said. "I feel like I'm where I'm supposed
to be. A little at a time, I do whatever good I can do." ------ |
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