Maverick County Hospital District’s Mental Health Clinician, Elias Diaz, is Looking to Win the Eagle Pass City Council Runoff Election
(Press Release) Mr. Diaz is a native of Eagle Pass, TX. and is looking to continue giving back to his community.
Elias Diaz was raised in eagle pass by his hard-working parents. His mother works in the insurance industry and his father has worked in the oil fields for decades. His upbringing was very humble and Elias Diaz grew up with the idea that by being kind, honest and hardworking that anything is possible.
“Helping people is what I do best. That is why I became a marriage and family therapist. I want to do more as a community leader. I started this movement of change and creating a culture of inclusivity and diversity. I really want to push that within our community. I’ve heard from so many people that this is the Eagle Pass that we never thought we’d see. And it’s happening now, happening all around us despite living in a pandemic. I know that there’s more change that is going to happen. And the only way that I can do that now is to make a commitment to my city and that is to serve the community that I live in. My city council seat will belong to the people. That’s why I’m running for City Council,” said Diaz.
“ I am truly excited and I’m putting all of my heart and soul into this. This campaign is about community and for community. When I win, We all win.”
Elias Diaz returned to Eagle Pass after receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California in International Relations, and completed his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. He is certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and has received specialized training in Prolonged Exposure for PTSD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a respected marriage and family therapist, with 10 years of clinical experience.
Elias has a long track record of commitment to Eagle Pass and keeping families together. As the only marriage therapist in Eagle Pass he has kept hundreds of families from separating since he began his practice here.
As an Eagle Pass High School graduate Elias Plans to use his experience to create a city program for graduates to assist them with college applications, applying for financial aid, scholarships and free grants. Setting up our kids for success today will help our city grow dramatically over decades. Our children are important and deserve our help.
Elias Diaz is is also a professional grant writer. Diaz is looking to joining the city’s two established grant writers and wants to work with them to maximize free grant assistance from the state and federal government. This is free money for the city of Eagle Pass.
At a local level, he serves on the City of Eagle Pass Business and Economic Development Young Professionals Group as Community Outreach Chair. The purpose of this group is to mentor young citizens and ultimately retain talent in Eagle Pass.
He also serves on the Mayor’s Fitness Council, using his passion to fitness to bring awareness of the importance of physical activity.
Diaz has also been an active member of HOPE-K, Maverick County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Camino Real Maverick County Crisis Taskforce.
At a state level, Diaz is an Ambassador for the Greater than Aids Texas Spanish language campaign, he’s brought local and statewide attention to the topic of prevention. Using not just the ads, but personal interviews and personal conversations, he has advocated for the use of PrEP for HIV prevention particularly amongst Latino MSM. His Spanish language interviews on Telemundo and Televisa have also garnished wide spread attention on the topic of HIV and delivered the message to a hard-to-reach population.
Diaz is also a part of the Texas Department of State Health Services Project Materials Review Group. He assists in creating culturally competent messaging and giving voice to the unique challenges of border and rural communities. This includes the great city of Eagle Pass.
Elias is a proud member of the Texas HIV Syndicate, where he serves as Regional Launch Coordinator for the Texas Achieving Together plan.
At an international level, he is a graduate of Leaders across Borders (LaB) an advanced certified binational leadership development program aimed at building the capacity of public health, health care, and other community sector leaders working to improve the health of the communities in the Mexico–US Border region. Through his participation in this binational group commissioned by the US Mexico Border Health Commission, he worked with community leaders from US and Mexico to create a binational database of mental health services.
Elias Diaz is a home-grown healthcare provider with the education, skills and resources to help the city of Eagle Pass survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Elias Diaz serves his community at all times and is ready to be your advocate on city council. Elias Diaz is humbly asking for your vote.
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