ROADwomen's January Monthly Meeting will feature Harris County Commissioner Precinct 4 Lesley Briones.
Commissioner Briones is a native Texan and proud Latina who grew up on the US-Mexico border. Upon graduating with honors from Harvard University, she began her career as a teacher. She then attended Yale Law School, where she led the Latino Law Students’ Association's public service initiatives and provided pro-bono assistance to survivors of domestic abuse and juvenile offenders.
Commissioner Briones returned to Texas to practice law, serving as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of the Laura & John Arnold Foundation, a major national philanthropic nonprofit, before becoming Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4. Briones co-founded a statewide nonprofit, Texas Latinx Judges, and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center.