Posted By Sam Sanchez on Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:18 PM Courtesy Photo / Gina Ortiz Jones Gina Ortiz Jones ran two campaigns to represent Texas 23rd District in Congress. President Joe Biden has nominated San Antonio native Gina Ortiz Jones for Under Secretary of the Air Force. Jones is among 10 individuals nominated by Biden for national security positions on Tuesday. If confirmed, she’ll become the first out lesbian to serve as under secretary of a military branch. Jones, a John Jay High School graduate, was raised by a single mom who came to U.S. from the Philippines. Jones earned a BA and MA in economics from Boston University which she attended on a four-year Air Force ROTC scholarship. She also has advance degrees from the University of Kansas and the U.S. Army School of
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