City of Mission
Council Place No. 1
Jessica Ortega
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Jessica Ortega
- Current role
- Mission City Council member, Place 1 (first elected 2014; reelected 2018 and 2022)
- Background
- Mission High School graduate (1992) (per city biography)
- Bachelor of Arts in communication-journalism, University of Texas-Pan American (1997)
- Master of Science in Social Work (2005)
- Life skills coach, Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting Program, La Joya ISD
- Adjunct professor, South Texas College, teaching social work courses
- Mission native (per city biography)
- Experience
- Past president, Silver Ribbon Community Partners Against Elder Abuse (per city biography)
- Mission's Woman of the Year (2007)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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