Howie Morales is New Mexico's 30th Lieutenant Governor, forming the only Hispanic Governor/Lt. Governor team in the nation. Raised in Silver City, where his father was a copper miner and mother was a school education assistant, he earned his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University. Before politics, he was an educator in Grant County public schools.
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About
Family & Heritage
Hispanic New Mexican from Silver City. Father was a Vietnam veteran and copper miner. Mother was a school education assistant who also worked multiple hourly-wage jobs. First-generation college student. Attended El Grito Head Start as a child.
Political Career
Before Politics
Special education teacher at Grant County public schools (1995-2000); earned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from NMSU; NM State Senator from District 28 (2008-2019)
Education
B.S., Western New Mexico University; M.A. in Bilingual Special Education, Western New Mexico University; Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University, 2007
Key Issues & Priorities
Education, early childhood education, afterschool programs, economic development, job creation, environmental protection, rural communities, educator pay