Gabriel Vasquez

Educational Background
• Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English and Journalism from New Mexico State University

Career
• Elected member of the Las Cruces City Council from the 3rd District (2017-2021) and U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico’s 2nd District (2023); previously worked as a field representative for a U.S. senator (2013-2015)
• Has worked many leadership positions; executive director of the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, executive vice president of public relations for SDS Inc., vice president of communications for First Focus on Children, etc.
• Supports affordable and high quality healthcare, land and natural resource conservation, investing in clean energy, and combating climate change; does not support the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Personal Information
• First-generation Mexican American, raised in the U.S.-Mexico border region
• Spent much of his time in his grandfather’s TV repair shop in the Chaveña Neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez