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Reyna is a lifelong San Antonio resident and third-generation public school educator. He succeeds trustee Bob Comeaux, who left the board after reaching his eight-year term limit.
He is an award-winning U.S. history teacher in his 14th year working in San Antonio ISD. For the last two years, Reyna has served as a Teacher on Special Assignment, assisting the Human Capital Management Transition Team as a liaison between district leadership and the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel.
He is also serving a second term as executive vice president of the San Antonio Alliance and is a founding member of PODER, the Social Justice Caucus of the Alliance. He also serves on the executive board of San Antonio’s AFL-CIO Central Labor Council.
Reyna holds degrees in government and political communication from The University of Texas at Austin and spent two years as a legislative aide for then-state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte before returning to San Antonio to teach. He also earned a master’s in educational leadership from Trinity University.
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“As a union leader and labor representative on the VIA board, I will focus on working with all stakeholders to center the voices and needs of working-class San Antonians and the workers who move VIA and San Antonio forward,” Reyna said.
