TX-30: Jasmine Crockett (D)
Jasmine Crockett is a state representative, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and is running to be the next Congresswoman in TX-30.
She was raised by parents who instilled within her a commitment to serving the community. Her father is a teacher and preacher, and her mother has been a public servant her whole life working for the United State Postal Service.
In college, she studied business and marketing, graduating from Rhodes College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She went on to study law at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and the University of Houston Law Center.
She has been a practicing attorney for over 15 years and is licensed to practice in Texas, Arkansas, and federal courts. She has served as a public defender and continued representing indigent clients in criminal courts her entire time serving in the Texas House.
The above information was sourced from the candidate’s website.