Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores

Bexar County Commissioner for Precinct 1 Rebeca Clay-Flores spent 15 years serving in education and nonprofits, from teaching fifth grade and GED/ESL in San Antonio to starting a small educational nonprofit. She has also taught English in Tampico, Mexico at the state university, and worked at a small private university in Tennessee where she recruited college students to take a year off as community service volunteers. She taught them fundraising for their trips, how to immerse themselves in other cultures, and how to be servant leaders. Commissioner Clay-Flores placed on average 75 students in 36 different countries and would continue to work with them via social media and on occasion, conduct international site visits.

She previously worked for the City of San Antonio for six years. Since January 1, 2021, she has served as the Bexar County Commissioner of Precinct 1, where she has focused on fighting for much needed resources. Commissioner Clay-Flores came into office during a very vulnerable time, facing a global pandemic and a winter freeze Uri. In her first year in office, she secured funding for construction for residents who lacked water in their community, championed the Bexar County Plumbing Assistance Program to aid in the aftermath of the winter storm Uri, restored additional Deputy Constable positions, allocated funding for the San Antonio Mobile Mental Health Collaborative for schools in Precinct 1, advocated to pass Juneteenth as a County holiday, held food drives for local non-profit food pantry’s, started preliminary approval for a new county park on the Northwest side of the County, advocated for a new UHS Bexar County Hospital on the Southside, and many more projects she is continuing to work on with her staff.