Juany Torres is the oldest daughter of working class Mexican immigrants and a first generation American. She was born and raised in the south side of San Antonio, Texas and attended Stanford University on a full scholarship by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation before receiving her Masters in Public Policy from UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. Juany is focused on increasing equity and opportunity through public policy and local government, organizing with immigrant rights organizations in San Antonio, Texas and working on racial equity and community engagement projects in Austin, Texas. Juany’s background includes having worked at the White House as part of the Domestic Policy Council under President Obama in 2011, serving as the Nevada Deputy Digital Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, increasing civic engagement in her home state of Texas through the creation of OrganizeSA in 2017, and serving in leadership roles for various elected officials and candidates across Texas for the past 5 years.