his little girl , Grace , in the room and said to her , “ Daddy didn ’ t know .” He then looked back at me and said , “ We still have a lot of work to do . I don ’ t do the work for recognition but appreciate them recognizing me . The most rewarding thing for me is making sure my community is properly served . I ’ m a true believer in helping everybody , not just a few , but everybody has to rise together in survival to work together we set out to do .” I also noticed his work for national programs honored by the Planned Parenthood I told him . country , from different parts of the world to benefit and better the state of Texas then I will do it . The focus is on my constituents , they ’ re the ones I ’ m responsible for . Senate District 13 is the most diverse district by population in the state of Texas . We have people of several different languages . I understand I have to represent multiple ethnic , racial and cultural backgrounds . The most important thing that you must know is that all will have equal coverage under Senate 13 and all have an equal amount of protection under that representation . I ’ m looking forward to learning and being exposed to those I don ’ t know
44 iF Magazine | July 2017 yet , learning about different cultures … y ’ all inviting and bringing me into those arenas .” I reassured him that we would reach out to his staff on that .
iF : You ’ ve recently received an award for ‘ Outstanding Legislator ’ from the Women ’ s Healthcare Coalition . He asked his communications manager , Justin , “ Is that the most recent ?”
I offered up that I did my research ( really I was tipped off by his Austin Chief of Staff there at the event on this day . The Senator looked to
Senator Miles : “ Radio One — in conjunction with HIV American Youth — created programs to understand how this disease is contacted . We chose Hip Hop for HIV Testing and it was one of my first babies because the youth can relate to it in order to get that message . Ideas copied and made national is the biggest compliment that anyone can ever do and now Hip Hop for HIV is being done at multiple cities across this country . I looked toward Justin as I ’ ve known him awhile through Karen , the press officer of Israel Consul , so in that deciding to include the timing of this topic with the activities in Houston today . The LGBT Festival is going on now and the parade was that night . He asked Grace if she wanted to be on the float with daddy tonight and I said I will see them there as I ’ ll be riding with Ray Hill to downtown and the last time was on our current City Controller , Chris Brown ’ s float . As I wrapped up the interview , I disclosed that my twins great grandfather was our Senator John Leedom that made ( the author of ) our Rainy Day fund . He excitedly exclaimed , “ Oh is that right ? Okay !” He took a few photos with his adorable daughter and we snapped some more pictures with him and his staff .