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Candidate: Twila Figueroa

TREASURER

Twila Figueroa
Region 1
McAllen ATPE

ATPE leadership experience

Region 1 ATPE director, president, vice president, and treasurer; member, Board Finance Committee and Team Red strategy committee; McAllen ATPE president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and campus representative; chair, Legislative, Minority & Diverse Population Recruitment, Nomination/Election, Political Action, and Public Information committees; member, Educator of the Year and Resolutions committees. ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee.

ATPE recognition

President of Local Unit of the Year award-winning local unit. Member, ATPE-PAC Hall of Fame; ATPE-PAC Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis honoree; ATPE-PAC Statesman; president of Davy Crockett Fundraising Challenge Award-winning region and local unit.

Current position

Special education self-contained Life Skills teacher

Other leadership experience

Chair, McAllen ISD Joint Professional Consultation Committee; chair, McAllen ISD Band Booster Council. Student council and science club sponsor. Chair of the McAllen ISD Football Concessions Committee. Has testified before Texas legislative committees.

Years in ATPE

40

Years in education

40