Joe Ortiz

With over 40 years of experience as a Building Consultant and a strong passion for civil rights activism, As a former professor of Chemical Processing at Del Mar Community College and former District Director for LULAC, I am deeply committed to education and community advocacy. I am proud to have received the Ben Garza Lifetime Achievement Award for Civil Rights in South Texas and to have been featured in the "Civil Rights in Black and Brown History of Resistance and Struggles in Texas" textbook.  Additionally, I was recognized on the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month RTA Bus wrap, an honor for which I am immensely grateful.