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Meet the Staff

Edith Moreida

Program Director

Edith Moreida was hired to serve as Program Director of the Civil Service Commission for Travis County Sheriff’s Office Employees in April of 2017. She has over 27 years of Public Sector Experience, of which 24 years have been with Travis County. In her tenure with Travis County, she has served as chief advisor to a County Commissioner. As advisor, she developed tools to Analyze, Research, Monitor and Develop solutions to assist residents in Southeast Travis County in the areas of Human Resources, Transportation, Regional transit, Emergency Services, and Criminal Justice.

From 2015 to 2017, Ms. Moreida served as Co–Project Manager of the County Organizational Review for the Travis County Commissioners Court. The review involved an analysis of departments under the Commissioners Court purview and over 140 recommendations for improvement.

Ms. Moreida holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Masters of Public Administration from Syracuse University.

Marivel Garza

Assistant Program Director

Marivel Garza is the Assistant Program Director for the Civil Service Commission for Sheriff’s Office employees. She has more than 28 years experience in the legal field with considerable knowledge in all aspects of case preparation and management, research and the judicial system. She also has 19 years of experience teaching adult basic education to non-native speakers with ACC/AISD adult education and literacy programs. As an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor, she taught and implemented state content standards and benchmarks for adult basic education.

Ms. Garza was the Judicial Aide Specialist for an elected Travis County criminal court Judge for 14 years before beginning her tenure at the Civil Service Commission. Along with coordinating and managing the daily activities for the court, she served as a liaison between attorneys, clients, the media, law enforcement and other government agencies.

Ms. Garza graduated from the University of Texas-Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Business Foundation Certificate.

TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.5 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $9.12.