District 4 - Dr. Lorena “Lorraine” Pulido

Dr. Lorena “Lorraine” Pulido contributes her experience, expertise, heart, and soul to the causes she champions, including education, economic development, and transportation.

She supports Marketing, Branding, and Communications for FirstDay Foundation. She has 30 years of experience in the communications industry, previously serving as public relations manager for VIA Metropolitan Transit and the City of San Antonio. She was elected the first female and first Latina chairperson to lead the Brooks Development Authority Board of Directors, and as a trustee for Alamo Colleges District for District 4.

She advocates for all students, especially for students who juggle both parenthood and academics. She was a teen mom who took her daughter with her to the University of Pennsylvania where she received her B.A. Later she earned an M.S. from the Columbia University School of Journalism and a Ph.D. from Our Lady of the Lake University. She is an award-winning adjunct professor at Texas A&M University - San Antonio, and has taught hundreds of students in her 24 years of teaching at various colleges.

She was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in 2023, and the Harlandale Independent School District Hall of Fame in 2021.