Lupe Diaz is an American politician and pastor serving as a member of the

Arizona House of Representatives The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...

from the 19th district. He assumed office on November 23, 2021.

Early life and education

A native of

Bisbee, Arizona Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is southeast of Tucson and north of the Mexican border. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 4,923, down from 5,575 i ...

, Diaz graduated from Bisbee High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theological studies from the School of Bible Theology in

San Jacinto, California San Jacinto ( ; ; Spanish for " St. Hyacinth") is a city in Riverside County, California. It is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south and Beaumont, California, to its north. The mountains associated with the ...

Career

Since 1988, Diaz has worked as a pastor at Grace Chapel Benson in

Benson, Arizona Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County, Arizona, United States, east-southeast of Tucson, Arizona, Tucson. It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and still serves as such. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 c ...

. He also served as a member of the Benson City Council. Diaz is also the president of Grace Christian Center Inc., a non-profit organization. He is also the principal of Grace Christian Academy. Diaz was appointed to the

by the Cochise County Board of Supervisors in November 2021, succeeding Becky Nutt.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Lupe Living people People from Bisbee, Arizona People from Benson, Arizona Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Arizona American politicians of Mexican descent