Basic Info

First Name

Sahara

Last Name

Rodriguez

Username

thisissahara

Additional Contact Information

Pronouns

She/ Her

Progressive Profile

Current Employer

Democracy Summer

Current Occupation

Regional Program Coordinator

Bio

I started with as a Democracy Summer fellow, with the program Frontera Fellows working with Congresswoman Escobar. After that I went to work with Allred for Senate, Texas Majority PAC and the Texas Democratic Party. Went full circle to be a Regional Program Coordinator  with Democracy Summer. I got selected to be part of the Harris Walz Youth Training Summit.

Impact

I organized the local 2025 Women’s Rights Rally, which got around 100 participants in our first year. We still hear the community explain how this sparked a change in mobilization in El Paso. I also got to help a lot of our older volunteers understand technology and started the voter registration in local “celebrity themed” nights to get young voters. I helped Mayor Renard Johnson translate his communications and literature  to real spanish that is used by latino communities and not the mechanical spanish from computers.

Mission

I want to get a job in politics to help undo what this administration is doing. I also care for advancing women rights. And I am passionate on using real techniques that help the hispanic/latine community get engaged and represented by progressive movements, having literature and communications in spanish for starters.

Work History

Employer

Texas Democratic Party

Occupation

Field Organizer

Start Date

September 15, 2024

End Date

November 15, 2024

Employer

Texas Majority PAC

Occupation

Distributed Organizer

Start Date

June 6, 2024

End Date

September 14, 2024

Employer

Colin Allred for Senate

Occupation

Digital Organizing Fellow

Start Date

January 10, 2024

End Date

June 6, 2024

Employer

Veronica Escobar for Congress

Occupation

Frontera Fellows/ Democracy Summer

Start Date

June 20, 2023

End Date

August 8, 2023

Employer

County Commissioner Iliana Holguin Pct 3

Occupation

Intern

Start Date

August 18, 2023

End Date

December 31, 2023

Employer

Renard Johnson for Mayor

Occupation

Canvasser

Start Date

February 20, 2024

End Date

December 15, 2024

Employer

University of Texas at El Paso

Occupation

Teaching Assistant

Start Date

January 18, 2025

Employer

Democracy Summer

Occupation

National Program Coordinator

Start Date

June 9, 2025

Volunteer History

Organization

Renard Johnson for Major

Role

Translation, Pol Watcher

Start Date

February 10, 2024

End Date

November 15, 2024

Organization

Swifties 4 Kamala

Role

Text banker

Start Date

August 18, 2024

End Date

November 5, 2024

Organization

Colin Allred for Senate

Role

Phone Banker

Start Date

January 1, 2024

End Date

January 1, 2024

Organization

Rise Up Rally

Role

Organizing Captain

Start Date

April 27, 2025

End Date

April 27, 2025

Organization

Women's Rights Rally

Role

Organizer

Start Date

March 1, 2025

End Date

March 1, 2025

Organization

El Paso Young Democrats

Role

Membership Secretary

Start Date

April 10, 2024

End Date

January 31, 2024

Organization

El Paso Young Democrats

Role

Media Secretary

Start Date

January 1, 2025

Organization

Texas Young Democrats

Role

Regional DIrector

Start Date

January 1, 2025

Education

School

University of Texas at El Paso

Degree

Political Science

Honors and Achievements

Magna Cum Laude

Traffic Court Justice in Student Government Organization

Welfare Committee Co-Chair in Student Government Organization

Graduation Date

December 15, 2023