Melissa Cubria is the Program Associate for TexPIRG. She graduated from
the University of San Francisco in 2005 with a B.A. in Arts and
Sciences. She spent one year teaching English at a bilingual school in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where she also began a literature department
that focused on Greek Mythology and Shakespeare. Prior to joining the
staff at TexPIRG, Ms. Cubria worked as the Health Policy Advocate for
the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago,
Illinois.