Transmountain Campus Governing Board

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Estrella Escobar

Governing Board Member

Estrella Escobar serves as Senior Chief of Staff for the Mayor of the City of El Paso, Texas. In this capacity, she acts as the mayor’s top policy advisor, is responsible for the mayor’s policy agenda and serves as the mayor’s chief external liaison. She previously served for 19 years as part of the President’s senior leadership team at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a Carnegie R1 Top Tier Research University. Ms. Escobar is a member of the Children at Risk Regional Advisory Board and serves on the Centro Cultural Paso del Norte Board of Directors. Ms. Escobar earned her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.