Mr. Ruben Herrera was elected to the TSC Board of Trustees in May 2016. He was elected as Secretary of the Board in June of 2016 and again in July 2018.

Mr. Herrera is a Texas Southmost College alumnus. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a state license as a Chemical Dependency Counselor. Mr. Herrera continued his education at Texas Southern University where he earned a Juris Doctor degree.

Mr. Herrera has served on the board of various organizations, such as Tip of Texas Family Outreach, Community Development Corporation, Brownsville Economic Development Corporation, Brownsville Housing Authority, Cameron Works, and Brownsville Visitors and Convention Bureau. He is also a graduate of Leadership Brownsville, Class IX, where he served as Junior Leadership Brownsville Chair.

Mr. Herrera practices criminal defense law in Brownsville. He and his wife Marvella have two children, Ada and Edna.