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Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, Javier Martínez to speak at 2023 Luna graduation
Javier Martínez, Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, will be the guest speaker at Luna Community College’s 2023 graduation scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at the Media Education Center Auditorium.
Javier Martínez is the 31st Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He has represented Albuquerque’s House District 11 since 2015 and previously served as the Majority Floor Leader and Chairman of the House Taxation & Revenue Committee.
As the child of immigrants who spent his early life along the southern border, Speaker Martínez has dedicated his career to helping New Mexico families create brighter futures for their children.
Speaker Martínez has been at the helm of some of New Mexico’s biggest policy wins for working families, including making the tax system more equitable with measures like the Child Income Tax credit, providing millions in sustained funding for early childhood education, and protecting voting rights for all of our diverse communities with the New Mexico Voting Rights Act.
Speaker Martínez graduated from the UNM School of Law with honors in International and Comparative Law and the Southwest Indian Law Clinic. Since then, he has continued to advocate for New Mexico’s most vulnerable families at the local, state, and national levels. He has fought to ensure access to health care for all families, including immigrant families, advocated for smart growth policies, pushed for permanent investments in early childhood education, and fought tirelessly to protect civil rights for all.