Mayra Flores is a healthcare practitioner and a politician who ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Texas’s 34th Congressional District. On June 14, 2022, she won the special general election.
Let’s get to know more about Mayra Flores.
Mayra Flores Age & Birthday
How old is Myra Flores? Born on the 1st of January in 1986 Mayra Flores is 36 years old now. She celebrated her 36th birthday in 2022.
According to her birth date, her zodiac sign is a Capricorn.
Mayra Flores Husband & Children
Is Mayra Flores married? It is the most common question asked by her well-wishers after she has won the election.
And to answer that, yes, Mayra Flores is a married woman. Mayra is currently married to her husband John Vallejo. Although Flores has not revealed much about her husband and their wedding to the public; we know that he is a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
John Vallejo was born on Aug 19, 1984, and is 37 years old now. He will turn 38 later this year in 2022. Flores has talked about her husband on a few occasions through her Twitter and Instagram.
One such instance was when she talked about the injustice her husband faced as a border patrol agent,
My husband is a border patrol agent and he’s being given til 11/22 to get vaccinated or face termination!
If this administration really cared about the well being of this country they would secure our borders instead of the vilification of our agents! pic.twitter.com/VB5w1tTqiK
— Mayra Flores For Congress 🇺🇸🦅 (@MayraFlores2022) October 10, 2021
Through their marriage, Mayra Flores and her spouse have four children; two sons and two daughters. Their eldest son John Michael received the Sacrament of Confirmation in May 2022 and their youngest daughter Milani recently graduated kindergarten.
Mayra Flores Parents, Family & Ethnicity
Mayra Flores was born in Burgos, Tamaulipas. She was born to parents who were migrant farmworkers and her family often moved throughout Texas when she was young.
Flores is Mexican-American and belongs to Hispanic ethnic background. After graduating high school, she worked in the cotton fields with her parents in Memphis.
Flores often talks about her mother and father on her social media accounts. On the occasion of mother’s day 2022, Mayra penned a beautiful note for her mother, Rosalva Flores
Happy Mothers Day to the most hard-working Mother. My Mother is truly a blessing. Growing up I never complained when I had to get up at 5 am to go work in the fields because she got up at 3am to make breakfast and lunch for us. Then come home to make dinner and wash clothes.
Further, Mayra has two siblings in her family; her younger sisters, Yuridia and Adriana Flores.
Mayra Flores Net Worth & Salary
As a respiratory care practitioner working since 2014, Mayra Flores earned $72400 in annual salary. Now, after winning the election, she has become a member of the United States House of Representatives, and her salary is about to go up by a notch or two.
In 2022, the average salary of a member of the United States House of Representatives is $174,000. Thus, Mayra will be entitled to the same salary figure as soon as she assumes office.
But talking of net worth, Mayra Flores has successfully amassed a net worth of $300,000 till June 2022. Considering the booming increase in her earnings now, Mayra’s net worth will most definitely take a hike in the near future.
Mayra Flores Education
Mayra Flores graduated from a high school in San Benito. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from the South Texas College in 2019.
Mayra Flores Biography
Mayra Flores works in the healthcare field and she became a respiratory care practitioner in 2014. Before her campaigns, she worked in the Hidalgo County Republican Party as a chair of Hispanic Outreach. Although her parents supported the Democratic party, she was raised with conservative views and was drawn to the Republicans.
She declared her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas’s 34th congressional district following the announcement of Filemon Vela Jr’s retirement in March 2021.
Talking of her candidacy, Mayra shared,
Born to a very humble beginning, my family legally immigrated to this great nation when I was 6 years old. Many hot summers in the cotton fields working alongside my parents allowed me to get an education, go to college and become a Respiratory Care Practitioner. Through hard work in America, anything is possible, the American Dream is alive and well but we must fight to ensure that it is never jeopardized by dangerous policies from the left. Now, I am a candidate for the United States Congress that will fight for future generations, to ensure that my story is always possible for others, and to put America First.
She won her partisan primaried in March 2022 and will be facing Vincente Gonzalez in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Mayra Flores Won the Special Election
On June 14th, 2022, Mayra Flores won a special election for an open congressional seat in South Texas. She beat Dan Sanchez, the leading Democrat, and will be the first Mexican-born congresswoman.
She had 50.98% of the vote and Sanchez had 43.33&. At her election night party, she said “For over 100 years, we have been taken for granted. I will show you what real representation looks like. I will represent all people.” Flores will only get to serve until January 2023.
Mayra Flores Supports Trump
Mayra Flores has been a supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, through and through. She is also of the Republican party and has expressed her support for Trump in various instances through social media or otherwise.
Mayra Flores’s Social Media Accounts
Mayra Flores’s Instagram account “mayrafloresforcongress” has 52.4K followers and more than three thousand posts at the time of writing this article. Her Facebook account “Mayra Flores For Congress” has 63K followers.
She has a verified Twitter account “MayraFlores2022” which currently has 19.2K followers.
Mayra Flores Wikipedia Facts
| Real Name / Full Name | Mayra Flores |
| Birthday / Date of Birth | January 1, 1985 |
| Age | 36 |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born Country | Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic |
| Parents | Mother: Rosalva Flores |
| Profession | Politician |
| Education (High School / College / University) | Texas State College |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse | John Vallejo |
| Children | 2 sons, and 2 daughters |
| Salary | $174,000 |
| Net Worth | $300,000 |
| Social Media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook |
| Height in Feet | 5 feet 4 inches |
| Height in Meter | 1.62 meters |
