Rochelle Garza is an attorney from the Rio Grande Valley currently serving as President of the Texas Civil Rights Project, one of the most influential legal organizations dedicated to empowering Texas communities and creating policy changes in the state.

Rochelle has the honor to be appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by President Biden, where she will serve as commissioner until 2028. The USCCR is the oldest independent and bipartisan commission in the U.S., created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957.