Prior to being elected to the Texas House of Representatives, State Representative Dr. Alma A. Allen served on the State Board of Education for over 10 years. She currently serves as vice chair of the House Committee on Corrections C and is a member of the House Committee on Public Education and the Committee on Public Education-S/C on Educator Quality.
Beginning her career in education as a teacher at Parker Elementary School and Grimes Elementary School, Allen went on to become assistant principal at Foster Elementary School and then served as principle at Peck Elementary School, Windsor Village Vanguard Magnet School, and G.B.M. Turner Elementary School. She also worked in human resources and central administration and retired from Houston Independent School District after 39 years. Thereafter, Allen continued her career in education as an adjunct professor at both Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University. Currently, she is a motivational speaker and an educational consultant.
Allen holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Education degree from Texas Southern University and a Doctorate of Education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston, as well as a certificate in administration and supervision from the University of Houston. Allen has received many awards and honors, including principal of the year, District 5, and Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Houston. Allen also received the Texas Freedom Network “Walking the Walk Award” from Governor Ann Richards, the Living Legend Award, presented by the Texas Alliance Of Black School Educators, and she was recently honored in her hometown of Livingston, Texas, with Alma Allen Day.
Allen is an ex-officio board member of the Houston Red Cross, and chairwoman of the Board of Trustees for the Art Institute of Illinois. Allen is also a member of the Houston Association of Professional Administrators, American Association of Supervision and Curriculum, Texas Association of School Administrators, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Texans Concerned for Superior Schools, the Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Democratic Women, The American Association of Curriculum and Development and the Council of Negro Women.
Allen was elected to the Texas House of Representatives on November 2, 2004.
Allen and her late husband Lawrence A. Allen, Sr, are the proud parents of two children and the grandparents of five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
State Representative Dr. Alma A. Allen
Texas House of Representatives, District 131
10101 Fondren Rd., Suite 500
Houston, TX 77096
(713) 776-0505
almaallentx.com
alma.allen@house.texas.gov
