Danita Gallegos Social Work Interventionist Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
Danita Gallegos holds a Bachelors of Science from Texas A&M University in Sports Management. She also earned a Masters in Social Work degree from the University of Houston and is licensed by the state of Texas to practice this profession. In both the school and psychiatric settings simultaneously, Gallegos is able to assist a wide range of people in crisis. She has specialized experience working with the populations that include geriatric, psychiatric, pediatric, hospice, oncology and child physical and sexual abuse as a social worker. In addition, Danita has longstanding passion for serving the community in various ways. She currently serves as the 2014 NHPO Leadership Institute Alumni Association chairwoman.
Juan Garza
Nelsy Gomez
Alex Gonzalez
Consultant Capgemini
Attorney Labor & Employment and Immigration Practice Groups
Attorney Lorance & Thompson, P.C.
Garza, a native of Mexico, graduated with an engineering degree from Southern Methodist University in 2012. After graduation, he started working at Capgemini two years ago focusing on IT consulting for oil and gas companies in the Upstream Sector. Garza is also involved in the Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos Jovenes aiming to help bring together young entrepreneurs together to enable them to become successful in the U.S.
Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, the Dominican-American graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. After attending University of Miami School of Law, where she served as Student Body Association Supreme Court Chief Justice, she began legal practice right after law school in a boutique immigration law firm, handling both family and business immigration matters. Nelsy is a member of the Houston Bar Association, the National Hispanic Bar Association, and is the immediate past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston.
Gonzalez, who joined Lorance & Thompson in 2014, focuses his practice on the Transportation and Hospitality Industries where his docket includes premises liability cases, wrongful death claims, catastrophic injury cases, and other complex civil litigation matters. Prior to joining the firm, Gonzalez worked at a civil defense firm where he focused on insurance defense cases involving automobile accidents. He has also previously worked at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, as well as the Supreme Court of Texas under the Honorable Eva Guzman.