She’s spent 25 years on the front lines successfully prosecuting murderers, rapists, traffickers, child abusers, and perpetrators of family violence.

You get a District Attorney who can and will stand up for justice in our community!

She serves as a resource for law-makers, researchers, media, and nonprofits on the realities of human trafficking, criminal law and procedure.

You get a District Attorney committed to accuracy, truth and policy based on data!

She’s sought justice for victims regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation or immigration status.

You get a District Attorney who will stand up for what’s right regardless of public opinion or political pressure!

She’s designed and managed teams of attorneys, investigators, advocates, and staff since 2012. Her efficiency and ability to exceed expectations was rewarded with a multi-million-dollar investment and doubling of the personnel under her management by the Texas Legislature in 2019.

You get a District Attorney with comprehensive administrative experience and a demonstrated history of efficiently using resources and maximizing people’s potential!

She has extensive financial and white-collar crime experience after supervising the State of Texas’s participation in a multi-year, multi-jurisdiction prosecution that led to the takedown of a corporate facilitator of human trafficking in more than 70 countries.

You get a District Attorney capable of recognizing and stopping entities, organizations and people using fraud, manipulation, money laundering, bribery, and corruption to facilitate crime!

She worked on civil and criminal antitrust cases after college and as a young attorney and later created and led a team of both civil attorneys and prosecutors using a broad array of innovative tactics in the fight against trafficking.

You get a District Attorney with broad civil, criminal, and administrative experience!

She’s walked alongside hundreds of victims of crime seeking justice and a future safe from harm.

You get a District Attorney who listens and empowers others!

She’s handled thousands of cases, interviewed hundreds of witnesses and learned from the experiences of thousands of victims and defendants.

You get a District Attorney with perspective and empathy!

She’s identified gaps in the law, coordinated and drafted new legislation and testified to pass critical changes to the criminal code.

You get a District Attorney who understands how to leverage policy on behalf of the people!

She’s led community and statewide collaboratives to bring people together in the fight against human trafficking.

You get a District Attorney who can unify people to achieve our common goals!

She’s trained more than 30,000 people around the nation on human trafficking, criminal law and procedure.

You get a District Attorney who is a requested and acknowledged expert in the field!

She served as the lead Texas prosecutor in the takedown of Backpage.com, a multi-million-dollar company that facilitated the sex trafficking of children and adults.

You get a District Attorney who isn’t afraid to take on monied interests!

She’s mentored and grown students, interns, prosecutors and other legal professionals for more than 2 decades.

You get a District Attorney who works to advance others and invests in the future!

She was one of the first to prosecute human trafficking in Texas and has written a book to equip others to take on this crime.

You get a District Attorney who not only innovates but follows through!

She’s led groups of Democrats, Republicans, law enforcement, government, the public, academics, faith-based organizations, businesspeople, advocates, victim service providers, survivors and think tanks.

You get a leader who values diversity of thought, background and experience when approaching complex problems!

She was Order of the Coif at UT Law, holds a Masters of Public Affairs from the LBJ School and graduated with honors from Cornell University. She now teaches at Texas State University and the University of Texas.

You get a District Attorney committed to excellence and lifelong learning!

She’s a daughter, a sister, a wife and the mom of two grown children.

You get a leader committed to family, community, relationship, and making Hays County a safe place for us to flourish!

She’s lived in Dripping Springs since 2015 but has traveled, taught, and tried cases around the State of Texas.

You get a District Attorney with strong hometown roots strengthened by statewide breadth and experience!