Erica Lira Castro Bio, Wiki, Age【 Julian Castro Wife Spouse 】Family

Name Erica Lira Castro

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in 1978. As of 2024, she is around 46 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Erica Lira Castro is an American educator. She is also the wife of Julián Castro, the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Julián had plans to run for the US Presidential election in 2020.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Erica Lira Castro was born in August 1978, in Texas.
She was born into a hardworking family of limited means. Her father worked as a mechanic for VIA, and her mother is a secretary.
She grew up on the Southside of San Antonio with her parents and three brothers. As a child, she already had a strong desire to educate others, with early memories of playing with her brothers pretending to teach them.

She is the first-generation from her family who graduated from college and pursued higher education.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Erica attended Harlandale High School, after which she went to study at the University of Texas, where she majored in English.

Upon receiving her bachelor’s degree, she furthered her education with a master in educational leadership, also at the University of Texas.

Marriage and Relationship :

Erica married Julián in 2007. The pair had met in 1999 while she was in college. He was back home for the summer during his studies at Harvard University.

Together, they have two children – A daughter Carina Castro, born in 2009, and a son Christian Julián Castro, born in 2014.
In Jan 2019, Erica showed her dedication to both her own career and her husband’s political endeavors by spending her lunch break to join her husband as he signed his papers to the Presidential Exploratory Committee before rushing back to work to attend to her own responsibilities.
Should her husband become President, Erica will follow a changing trend of politicians’ spouses, who themselves have established careers and are well-spoken, educated & relatable individuals.

Job, Occupation, Salary and Net Worth :

Erica began her career as an educator at an elementary school, where she taught mathematics for 12 years.
Currently, she works as an education consultant & also mentors pre-service teachers at the university level.

In 2015, Castro, together will Jill Biden, made a digital campaign to address the low percentage of Hispanic Americans pursuing careers in education, feeling that as the Hispanic population of America grows, so should educators who understand Hispanic cultures and communities.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

During the little spare time Erica has, she dedicates herself to volunteering within her local community.

She says personally the best thing that one can do to help education in America is to be the best possible teacher.
She has her own blog at EricaLCastro (dot) com. It has a few blog posts & was last updated in 2013.
Erica seems to have done everything successfully that women of today’s generation can do: marriage, raising children, and a successful career.