Mireya Garcia is a Junior at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she studies Political Science and Mexican American studies. She currently works with Texas Rising and holds the position of Campus Organizer for the RGV chapter.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.