She was a teenage mother who learned first-hand what it meant to struggle. With the help of scholarships and her family, Wendy was able to go to community college, then to TCU and on to Harvard Law School. Today, as a Texas state senator she has fought against $5.4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools, founded a non-profit that empowers young women to speak up and advocate for themselves and their communities and perhaps most notably; she stood for 13 hours on the Texas Senate floor to fight for Texas women’s healthcare and choice.

She is running for Congress in Texas 21st district on a platform committed to: bringing affordable healthcare to everyone, decreasing the cost of higher education, investing in public education, protecting Medicare and Social Security, moving forward on sensible gun safety reforms, and more.