Juan Garcia

Candidate for State Representative

Texas - 32nd District

 

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About Juan Garcia

Juan M. Garcia III embodies the best of Texas -- rooted in the traditional values that made us great and sparked by the bold vision that will make us even greater.

A second generation naval aviator with multiple deployments to the Persian Gulf, Garcia is ready for a new mission: to provide House District 32 with new leadership and a new
direction.

Garcia graduated with honors from UCLA, where he gave the 1988 commencementaddress. He earned his law degree from Harvard and his master's degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

After completing his naval officer and flight training, Garcia received his "Wings of Gold" at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Lieutenant Commander Garcia flew 30 armed missions in the Persian Gulf, including an emergency landing in a sandstorm, served as a top aide to the deputy Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, and served in Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. He served on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation in support of the enforcement of the no-fly zone in Iraq. His military awards include the Joint Commendation Medal, the Naval Commendation Medal, and the Naval Achievement Medal.

In 1999, Garcia was one of 16 Americans selected to serve as a White House Fellow, the nation's premier leadership development program whose alumni include Wes Clark, Henry Cisneros and Colin Powell, and worked as a special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Education.

Garcia left active duty in 2004 and continues to serve as an instructor pilot at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi with the Naval Reserves.

A practicing lawyer, Garcia has chaired the Board of Citizens for Educational Excellence, serves on the Board of Governors for Leadership Corpus Christi, the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation, the Corpus Christi Barrios Association, the Surfrider Environmental Group, received certification as a legal volunteer at the Corpus Christi Women's Shelter, and an on-air host for the area's PBS television affiliate.

Garcia and his wife Denise, who met while classmates at Harvard Law, have four children, including twin seven-year-old sons, a five-year old daughter, and a two-year old son. They live in Corpus Christi.