Tracy Almanzan, B.S., J.D.
Tracy is the daughter of migrant farm workers who met in South Florida before moving to south Texas. She is the middle child of five children. Her parents instilled in her a love of reading, a passion for learning, and a sense of duty to help those most vulnerable.
Tracy grew up in Lytle, Texas, which is a small town south of San Antonio. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management with a minor Communications Management from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 2002. She also earned a Juris Doctorate Degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas in 2006.
Tracy began her career with the El Paso County Attorney’s Office in 2006 as the Community Prosecutor. During her time at the County Attorney’s Office, she received training in representing clients in protective orders applications, handling mental health commitments, prosecuting juvenile cases, and eventually, representing Child Protective Services. In 2016, she went into private practice, where she now practices child welfare law, juvenile law, family law, and some probate law.
Tracy has been a part of several committees through the State Bar of Texas throughout her career, to include the Racial Diversity in the Profession Committee and the Child Abuse Committee. For the last two years, she was the Chair of the Diversity in the Profession Committee and is now an advisory member for the years 2022-2023. In addition, she recently served on President Sylvia Borunda-Firth’s State Bar Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. The Task Force met for a year to develop recommendations for the State Bar Board of Directors to address increasing diversity and addressing implicit bias in the legal profession. She is now a member of newly created Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion State Bar Committee.
Tracy has been a member of several Bar Associations in El Paso since 2006, to include the El Paso Bar Association, the El Paso Family Law Bar Association, the El Paso Women’s Bar Association, the El Paso Probate Bar, the Mexican American Bar Association of El Paso, and the Child Welfare Bar Association.
Tracy and her family have been congregants of St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic Church since 2006. At St. Stephen, she has been an ACTS team member, a lector, and a catechism teacher. She has also been on numerous boards of local non-profits in El Paso, to include being the Board Chair of the El Paso Chapter of Avance, being Board Chair of the Rio Grande Safe Communities Coalition, and currently, being secretary of the Home & School Association for St. Patrick Cathedral School.
Finally, Tracy married local attorney, Alex Almanzán, in 2006 and they have two beautiful children, Noa and Paloma, and a dog named Frida. In her free time, she enjoys helping with her daughter’s girl scout troop, supporting her children’s love of sports and music, participating numerous book clubs, and working out on her Peloton.
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Email: tcalmanzan@utep.edu
Phone: 915.747.8581
107 Miners Hall
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