COUNCILOR ELIZABETH BECK

City Council in Fort Worth, Texas
Service: U.S. Army

Elizabeth is a single mother of two, veteran, lawyer, and community leader. At seventeen, Elizabeth enlisted in the Army Reserves, and in 2005, she deployed to Taji, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Weeks after returning from Iraq, Elizabeth was attending classes to complete her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. She finished her last semester three weeks after giving birth to her daughter.

While completing her Masters in City and Regional Planning, and welcoming her second child, Elizabeth began working full-time as a transportation planner at the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Elizabeth again served her community on a wide range of projects, including protecting NAS JRB, Fort Worth through compatible development.

Elizabeth’s need to fight to make her community a better place led her to Texas A&M School of Law, where she earned her law degree and graduated at the top of her class. As a lawyer, Elizabeth represents employees across the country in wage and hour claims.