Born and raised in New Mexico, I attended Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and Stanford Law School before returning home to serve as an assistant district attorney and assistant attorney general. I was honored to be appointed a White House Fellow by President Barack Obama, where I worked at the Department of Justice to reduce border violence, crack down on drug cartels, and fight violent crime and domestic abuse in Indian Country.

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As Bernalillo County District Attorney, I led during a time of crisis, bringing “smart on crime” policies to the forefront, introducing new technologies to combat violent crime, expanding alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, and standing up for victims with compassion and new resources. I also became a national leader for reform — taking on right-wing militias, fighting for gun safety, tackling the rape kit backlog, and making police misconduct records public for the first time.

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Now, as New Mexico’s Attorney General for the past three years, I have continued that fight on an even larger scale. I’ve filed dozens of lawsuits to protect New Mexicans — taking on corporate polluters, defending reproductive rights, holding social media companies like Meta and Snapchat accountable for harming children, and leading the first-ever Cold Case Unit to deliver justice for families. Most notably, I filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and others for their role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme involving Dogecoin, standing up against fraudsters exploiting working families.

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Every day, I fight to protect New Mexico’s families — and I know the work is far from done.