Austin Community College District
Trustee, Place 1
Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia
- Current role
- Leander ISD Trustee, Place 2; Vice President of Alumni & Public Policy, Jeremiah Program
- Background
- Ph.D.
- First-generation college graduate (per candidate)
- Former ACC adjunct (per Community Impact Q&A)
- Experience
- Leander ISD board member (since January 2019) (per Ballotpedia)
- Not seeking re-election to that seat in 2026 (per Ballotpedia)
- Eight years as a public school trustee (per campaign)
- Experience as a college professor (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "Increasing student completion."
- "Strengthening pathways to good careers and four-year universities."
- "Removing the barriers that keep students, including student-parents, from finishing."
- "We should expand dual-credit, career and technical education partnerships with local high schools"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: In a Community Impact Q&A: "Stronger partnerships with school districts, so career training starts in high school."
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: Campaign site: "Ensure responsible stewardship of precious taxpayer investments"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Austin Central Labor Council
- Katy Armstrong, Hays Con ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Trish Bode, Leander ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Lynn Boswell, Austin ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- John H. Bucy III, Texas House of Representatives D136 (listed by campaign)
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- Allison Bush, Democratic Nominee for State Board of Education, District 5 (listed by campaign)
- Sheryl Cole, Texas House of Representatives D46 (listed by campaign)
- Ana Cortez, Manor ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Congressman Lloyd Doggett, U.S. Rep. District 37 (listed by campaign)
- Sade Fashokun, Leander ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Lulu Flores, State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Alexis Frezza, Cedar Park City Council (listed by campaign)
- Vanessa Fuentes, City of Austin Council (listed by campaign)
- Vikki Goodwin, Texas House of Representatives D47 and Democrat Nominee for Lieutenant Governor (listed by campaign)
- Donna Howard, Texas House of Representatives D48 (listed by campaign)
- Candace L. Hunter, Austin ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Celia Israel, Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector (listed by campaign)
- Susanna Lesdesma Woody, Del Valle ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Constable Carlos Lopez, Travis County Constable (listed by campaign)
- Alicia Markum, Round Rock ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Laura Marques, Leander ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Rudy Metayer, City of Pflugerville Council (listed by campaign)
- Andrew Naudin, Leander City Council (listed by campaign)
- Nekosi Nelson, Leander ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Julie Nitsch, ACC Board (listed by campaign)
- Shweta Padmanabha, Cedar Park City Council (listed by campaign)
- Damian Pantoja, Del Valle ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Jim Penniman-Morin, Mayor of Cedar Park (listed by campaign)
- Zo Qadri, City of Austin Council (listed by campaign)
- Pooja Sethi, Democrat Nominee for Texas House of Representatives D47 (listed by campaign)
- Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioners Court (listed by campaign)
- Arati Singh, Austin ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Anna Smith, Leander ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Annette Sponseller, Leander City Council (listed by campaign)
- James Spradley, Eanes ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- José Velásquez, Austin City Council (listed by campaign)
- Darla Wegner, Del Valle ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Chuy Zarate, Round Rock ISD School Board (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- gloriaforacc.com
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