Anna Riojas is a 2023-2024 Teach Plus Texas Policy Fellow. Anna teaches AP language & composition at the Harlingen School of Health Professions in Harlingen, Texas, where she also sponsors the 8th grade girls Harlingen Junior League Girls Education Mentoring Series. Anna is an alumni member of the Holdsworth Center of Excellence Campus Leadership Program. She has previously taught 9th grade English and served as Department Chair at the Preparatory for Early College High School in Rio Grande City, Texas. Anna graduated from the University of Texas Pan American with a BA in sociology and a minor in English and recently received her MEd in teacher leadership from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.