Kimberly Mata-Rubio, 34, is running for mayor of Uvalde, Texas, in honor of her daughter, Lexi, who was 10 years old when she was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022. Mata-Rubio says she hopes to bring the fractured community back together.
After losing her daughter last year, Rubio became a champion for change in Texas as the president of Lives Robbed, a nonprofit founded by the families of the Uvalde victims who are fighting to reduce gun violence through legislation. Now she wants to focus on healing her community, which she says is still reeling from the tragedy.
