PHARR, Texas - Victoria Fajardo is civic engagement organizer for La Unión del Pueblo Entero.
Raised in the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley, Fajardo holds degrees in Political Science and Public Administration.
Her work for LUPE focuses on the policies and institutions that shape life in border communities across South Texas.
Fajardo was the first Valley leader to alert the Rio Grande Guardian about the impact of Automatic License Plate Readers, otherwise known as Flock cameras. She did this in June, 2026, in an op-ed titled “Are We Building Safer Communities or a More Heavily Monitored One?”
In this podcast Fajardo revisits the issue:
