“As a Justice on the Third Court of Appeals, a former teacher, foster mom, and PTA President, I have been a strong advocate for compassion and justice for individuals and families in our community.
As a mother, grandmother, and the wife of a veteran, nothing is more important to me.”
EXPERIENCE - COMPASSION - JUSTICE
ABOUT MAGGIE
· She survived a childhood marked by poverty, transience, homelessness, and educational deprivation to become the only one of her eight siblings to graduate from college.
· She was a teacher, a foster mother, a community volunteer, and put herself through law school, driving back and forth from Austin to Waco every day, as a mother with four teenagers.
· As an administrative law judge, a prosecutor, and an attorney representing and defending individuals and families all over Central Texas, Maggie has extensive and relevant experience.
· Maggie loves spending time with friends and family, especially her incredibly kind and supportive husband, her wonderful children, and her adorable little grandchildren.
COMMUNITY
· Maggie will bring her experience of overcoming adversity, her hard work, her commitment to justice, and her compassion for others to the bench.
· A proud and very active member of the Central Texas community for over thirty-five years, Maggie has been a Democratic Party Precinct Chair, Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar, an Officer with the Capital Area Progressive Democrats and the Austin Environmental Democrats, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Helping Hand Home, Leander ISD (PTA President, Vice President, Zoning Board), volunteer Spanish and English teacher and mentor, AISD HOSTS Mentor, and legal volunteer and advocate through Volunteer Legal Services, Hays County Pro Bono Clinic, Raices, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Travis County Child Welfare Board, the Supreme Court Children's Commission Child Welfare and Juvenile Law work groups, and she currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Section.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
-Albert Einstein