Salvador Espino

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Spouse: Elizabeth


Personal Information

Councilmember Sal Espino is serving his fourth term as the City Council District 2 Representative. District 2 stretches north from downtown through LaGrave Field (home of the Fort Worth Cats), the Rose Marine Theatre, the Stockyards National Historic District, Meacham International Airport, and historic neighborhoods in North Side, Far Greater Northside, Diamond Hill, and Riverside to the northernmost tip of the city, which extends into Denton and Wise counties. Also included in this district are the newly developed housing areas north of Loop 820, Alliance Airport and Texas Motor Speedway.

Espino and the City Council are committed to responding to citizen concerns on streets, transportation, public safety, code compliance, and quality affordable accessible housing.

Espino has lived in North Fort Worth most of his life. He attended Circle Park Elementary (now Manuel Jara Elementary), J.P. Elder Middle School and the High School for Finance Professions at Polytechnic, where he was valedictorian of his class. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Christian University and graduated magna cum laude. He went on to receive a law degree from Southern Methodist University and currently is a licensed attorney. Espino holds several professional memberships, including the State Bar of Texas, the Tarrant County Bar Association and the Mexican-American Bar Association.

Espino’s past service history includes:

Representative:
City of Fort Worth Civil Service Commission
City of Fort Worth Building Standards Commission
City of Fort Worth Plan Commission.
President:
North Beverly Hills Neighborhood Association
Latin Arts Association of Fort Worth Inc. at Rose Marine Theatre
Board member:
Imagination Celebration of Fort Worth
Texas Boys Choir / Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts

Espino also is a former member of FWISD Citizens' Advisory Committee on School Board Member Redistricting and the St. Joseph Health Care Trust Grants Committee for the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. He attends All Saints Catholic Church, where he has served on the Parish Council, Parish Center Building Committee and Lector Ministry. He also is past chairman of the Cinco de Mayo Committee and Dieciseis de Septiembre Committee. Espino is a former president of Cassata High School, an educational outreach program of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.

Espino currently serves on the following City Council Committees:

Infrastructure and Transportation (Chairman)
Municipal Courts
Housing and Economic Development

Espino is President of the Fort Worth Sport Authority, Chairman of the Mayor's Advisory Task Force on Quality Affordable Housing, a City of Fort Worth appointee to the Regional Transportation Council and director of the Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation and Fort Worth Local Development Corporation.

Espino also serves on the following tax increment finance boards:

Speedway
North Tarrant Parkway
Trinity River Vision
Lone Star

Espino and his wife, Elizabeth, have four children – Salvador Jr., Robert Andres, Alyssa Bianca and Daniel Enrique.