Mauro Garza

Drew Juen

Politician

Mauro Garza is a Native Texan, Business Owner/Entrepreneur, and Father. Mauro learned about family traditions and the value of hard work in Raymondville, TX. He founded his own business as a young man, gaining the experience that is necessary to establish a vision for the company, set goals and objectives, and lead the firm to success. His career began with the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA) in Austin, Texas in 1991 shortly after working on a research grant gathering psycho-social data with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. At TCADA, under the Office of the Governor,

Mauro helped establish the first Lower Rio Grande Valley Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse that served the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. While working full-time, he maintained academic endeavors with evening and weekend research studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he completed his Master of Science degree with an emphasis in Neurophysiology in 1992, under a Biomedical Research Scholarship.