CASTRO, Joaquin, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 16, 1974; graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Tex., 1992; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2000; lawyer; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 2002-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-present).