Alejandra Salinas is fighting for
safer neighborhoods, affordable and reliable city services, and a strong infrastructure that keeps the lights on and keeps floodwaters out of our homes and cars.
Meet Alejandra
When Alejandra fights, she wins. As an award-winning, high-stakes attorney, Alejandra has protected Harris County elections from partisan interference, reversed discriminatory school policies, and won hundreds of millions of dollars for small businesses, consumers, and public institutions.
As the first Hispanic president of the College Democrats of America, Alejandra organized college students across the country to get out the vote. She then courageously came out as an LGTQ Latina on national television during the 2012 Democratic National Convention – to inspire LGBTQ youth to find their own voices.
Even in high school, Alejandra stood up to threats of suspension to organize 2,000 students to speak out about a federal immigration bill that was a threat to her local community.
Keeping the promise of the American dream alive for everyone runs deep in the Salinas family. Alejandra’s great-grandfather, Octavio Salinas, came to South Texas from Mexico and worked his way out of poverty to create good jobs for hundreds of Texans and donate land to build public schools for underserved communities.
Alejandra credits her drive for justice largely to her father, whom she describes as “a Mexican Perry Mason – a super handsome, larger than life, old school trial lawyer.” Her deep empathy for struggling families is shaped by her mother’s battle with mental illness and addiction. Alejandra leads with compassion and the clarity of someone who knows life is complicated and we’re all in this together
Outside of the courtroom, Alejandra devotes time to mentorship and community organizations. She serves on the board of Second Mile Haiti, a non-profit that works to provide pre-natal and family care to mothers and families in Haiti, C. 60, a non-profit dedicated to the restoration of LULAC’s first clubhouse in Houston, and the Greater Houston LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce.
Alejandra and her wife Elizabeth Hadaway live in Montrose and are members of St. Phillips Presbyterian Church.