Jaime Puente oversees Every Texan’s work on education, workforce development and job quality. Before joining Every Texan, Jaime served three sessions as Legislative Director for two members of the Texas House of Representatives, Dr. Alma Allen and Rep. Ann Johnson. He also served for one review cycle at the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission where he worked on the reports for the Department of Licensing and Regulation as well as the Commission on Jail Standards. Jaime, a proud Houstonian, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Master of Arts degree at the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His Master’s thesis used the history of Juarez Lincoln University in Austin, Texas, to discuss the contested implementation of War on Poverty programs established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
Policy areas: K-12 Education, Immigration
Where to find me during session: The benches between E2.030 and E2.036
My surprising hobby: Land management
Public education is the tie that binds our nation and state together. Despite our history as Americans and Texans brutally divided by class, race, and gender, educators have — since
Over the last decade, Texas spent more than $6 billion on the budget strategy called “border security.” From cries of “anchor” and “terror” babies to “invading hordes,” dehumanizing and fearmongering
Operation Lone Star (OLS) is neither efficient nor effective public policy. Continuing to fund OLS hurts all Texans, white, black, and brown, by wasting $4 billion on failed deterrence policies
Eventually, we will stop having this conversation, but once again, Texas is debating which federal law to disregard. This time, the question raised by Texas’ legislative leadership is whether or
Every Texan rejects the premise that any child could be a burden to our state because all children deserve an education regardless of their place of birth. Empowered with a
The 2022 Charles Butt Foundation Poll on Texans’ attitudes toward Public Education shows, once again, that public school parents hold their schools, teachers, and system in high regard. Conducted in
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently released “Skipping School,” the second in its three-part series looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texans aged 16 to 24.
A new report from The Immigrant Learning Center shows exactly how important immigrant Texans are to the state’s ability to function, especially when it faces catastrophic events such as the
