Lauren Lucio

My Story

A proud Edinburg native, Lauren is the eldest of her family’s latest generation. Growing up, she quickly learned the value of hard work and responsibility helping to raise cattle, pigs, goats, rabbits, and chickens on her family’s homestead.

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Determined to pursue a career in the legal profession, Lauren began her journey into higher education early at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley while still enrolled as a full-time high school student. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration from UTRGV amidst a global pandemic. Lauren then headed straight to Fort Worth, where she graduated from Texas A&M University School of Law.

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While attending law school, Lauren actively participated in the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, where she gained hands-on experience with clients and the practice of transactional law. One of her greatest joys during that time of her life was acting as a student liaison with community organizations such as the Texas Veteran’s Commission, where she helped small business owners get their businesses started in the right direction. Throughout her final year of law school, Lauren worked as a research assistant during her final year of law school. She helped compile extensive comparative data on U.S. privacy models and foreign privacy regimes with the goal for proposing a new ethical framework for data collection and its use in public health. As dazzling as big city life was, Lauren happily returned to her roots in the Rio Grande Valley to begin her legal career.

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In her spare time, Lauren enjoys reading and writing fiction, watching K-dramas, visiting state parks to birdwatch, and relaxing with her three ranch cats.