Torres Small, Xochitl, 1984-

Xochitl Liana Torres Small (born November 15, 1984) is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2021.

Born Xochitl Liana Torres in Portland, Oregon and raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she graduated from Mayfield High School in absentia while earning an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma from Waterford Kamhlaba United World College in Mbabane, Eswatini. Torres Small went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree from Georgetown University and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Torres Small worked as a field representative for U.S. Senator Tom Udall from 2009 to 2012. She was a federal law clerk in the New Mexico District from 2015 to 2016 and worked as a water attorney with the Kemp Smith law firm. She is married to Nathan Small.

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