Erika Barrera

A 21 year old from Arlington, Texas, Erika earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass media from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Barrera's political involvement began while she was in high school. She became an NAACP fellow and registered voters for an entire summer, resulting in her winning a national award for the NAACP. While in college, her political involvement continued. Ms. Barrera chaired the Minority Affairs division for her schools student government association, pioneered a campus-wide early vote rally and garnered support from Sean P. Diddy Combs Vote or Die initiative, and interned in Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's Texas office.