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A total of 38 participants from across the state were selected for the 2021 class. When the participants graduate in April 2021, they will join a network of nearly 800 graduates in Texas. Listed below are names and hometowns of the participants who were selected for the 2021 class.

  • Martha Aguilar – Austin
  • Jennifer Aleman – Corpus Christi
  • Deana Armstrong – Boerne
  • Akili Atkinson – Houston
  • Jennifer Bacak – Round Rock
  • Melissa Beam – Anna
  • Amy Burks – Quinlan
  • Leigh Calmes – Plano
  • Magaly Diaz – San Antonio
  • Rach Greaser – Bryan
  • Cynda Green – Austin
  • Manuel Gutierrez – Poteet
  • Tiffany Hammond – Abilene
  • Lisa Heine – Waxahachie
  • Darla Hill – Arlington 
  • Elizabeth Hinojosa – Mercedes
  • Misty Joubert – Beaumont
  • Rasha Kawar – Coppell
  • Julie Kehm – Conroe
  • Amy Kreller-Kochis – Lubbock
  • Catrina Longoria – Eagle Pass
  • Katy McBeth – Houston
  • Jennifer McCleskey – Lubbock
  • Cori McGhee – San Antonio
  • Kimberly Mosley – Grand Prairie
  • Alison Packard – San Antonio
  • Andrea Patrick – Allen
  • Stephanie Picazo – Alamo
  • Ana Pickens-Scruggs – Killeen
  • Sandra Pierce – Richmond
  • Maribel Piña Leos – Brownsville
  • Allison Schaberg – Sugar Land
  • Terri Schonfeld – Lone Oak
  • Meridith Silcox – Splendora
  • Tamera Smith-Fitzgerald – Allen 
  • Chandra Steppy – Fort Worth
  • Blanca Trout – El Paso 
  • Amy Turner – Flower Mound