Sánchez Garza Reelected to State Association Board

Austin- Sylvia Sánchez Garza of South Texas ISD has been reelected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 1, Position B. Sánchez Garza was also elected to serve as second vice-president. The election was held during the Association's 2025 Delegate Assembly on Sept. 13 in Houston.

Sánchez Garza has served on the South Texas ISD Board since 2008 and is currently the board vice-president. She has also served on the Education Foundation of South Texas ISD since 2004. She is a 2012 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee. Sánchez Garza is also a member of Mexican American School Boards Association and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and is the past National Hispanic Council Southern Regional Director.

Active in her community, she currently serves on the South Texas Literacy Coalition Board and is a past chair of the Museum of South Texas History Board. She grew up in Weslaco, where the local library is named after her father, a former migrant farmworker, superintendent, mayor, and author. Sánchez Garza is a founder of the Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Memorial Book Festival and an ex officio board member of the Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Public Library.

She has a doctorate in leadership studies from Our Lady of the Lake University's School of Business and Leadership, master's in educational administration from Lamar University, master's in creative writing, and bachelor's in English from The University of Texas-Pan American. 

Sánchez Garza and her husband own B.I.C. Development and Garco Ranch Communities. She is the author of three books and is featured in three anthologies and several literary magazines. Her books have won several literary awards.

About TASB

TASB is a nonprofit organization established in 1949 to serve local Texas school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.5 million public school students.