Dedicated to Protecting
Vaccine Choice Rights
Texans for Vaccine Choice formed in February 2015 in response to HB 2006, a bill filed during the 84th Texas legislature which aimed to remove religious exemptions from vaccinations for students. A band of parents and legislators worked together diligently to fight off this and 16 other bills that were proposed that session that attempted to mandate vaccines, limit liberties due to personal medical choices, override parental/guardian consent, and increase tracking.
With the help and guidance of liberty-loving elected officials, Texans for Vaccine Choice is now a widely recognized organization across Texas. We are dedicated to protecting medical freedom and vaccine choice by ensuring the issue remains at the forefront of political discourse, promoting incumbents and candidates who strongly support our values, and drafting legislation to further solidify these rights. Our 501(c)(4) non-profit organization is focused on advocacy. Be it fighting against patient discrimination, holding public and private entities accountable for accurately representing vaccine laws and exemption rights, or active involvement in the legislative process, Texans for Vaccine Choice is on the scene ensuring Texans are safe from medical overreach.
Going forward, we hope to continue to represent our supporters, and all others who share our ideals, with dignity, empower people to become politically involved, educate the public, and ensure that vaccine choice remains a right that is free of consequence or interference from government or bureaucracy.
Our Mission
...is protecting and advancing informed consent, medical privacy, and vaccine choice through influential public policy, quality educational resources, and training to an engaged, connected community.
Our Mission
...is protecting and advancing informed consent, medical privacy, and vaccine choice through influential public policy, quality educational resources, and training to an engaged, connected community.
TFVC Staff & Board
Rebecca Hardy
President
As a speech-language pathologist, Rebecca has encountered many children with profound vaccine injuries. These experiences created a passion for protecting others from these kinds of negative health outcomes, which she has turned into activism. Rebecca is one of the original three founders of TFVC and has been working to grow this organization from when it was only an idea. She currently serves as President, overseeing all departments and the trajectory of the vaccine choice movement in Texas. Rebecca is dedicated to protecting medical liberties and informed consent for all Texans. Rebecca and her husband Tim have two daughters.
Angie Lemmons
Board Vice-President
A passionate advocate for medical freedom, Angie believes strongly that each person must take an active role in their own health. In her youth she learned that standard medical protocol is not always the right path when a prescribed medicine caused her to have a debilitating condition lasting several years. Many hours of research opened her eyes to the risks of vaccines, and she became a staunch believer in true informed consent. Angie began volunteering with TFVC in 2018, coordinating the creation of new printed materials to provide vaccine facts to the public. She also volunteered as an Outreach Coordinator and currently serves on the TFVC Board of Directors. Angie is dedicated to informing Texas citizens, especially new moms, about vaccine choice and health freedom. She and her husband Billy live in the San Antonio area and have three daughters.
Terence Huffines
Board Secretary
The genesis of Terence’s political involvement began during the early Tea Party movement when he volunteered in 2007 for the Ron Paul presidential campaign. More recently, Terence has volunteered for various campaigns and causes, serving three times as a delegate to the RPT state convention and as a precinct chair from 2018 to 2022 where he helped to activate and mobilize his community. The cause of vaccine choice remains at the forefront of Terence’s advocacy as he dedicates his efforts in educating young families and all Texans of the importance of informed consent and other issues surrounding medical liberty. Terence and his wife have two children and are expecting twins soon.
Michelle Evans
Political Director
Michelle Evans is a married mother of three and long-time advocate for families and freedom in Texas. She has fought for special needs families through her work with Thinking Moms' Revolution and Autism Media Channel, and was a Research Assistant for the groundbreaking documentary "Vaxxed". More recently, she ran a hard-fought grassroots campaign for Texas House. Her most significant and fulfilling work, however, was done on behalf of parents and children across Texas when she and two other moms founded Texans for Vaccine Choice in 2015. That year, she spent nearly every day of the legislative session knocking on doors of Senators and Representatives, testifying in committee hearings, organizing events and making connections with staffers and elected officials. She also served as the organization's first Communications Director and was an original member of the Board of Directors.
Carrie Bigford
Outreach Director
Kelly Vela
Communication Liaison
TFVC Volunteers
Member Care Coordinators
Austin
Regan DeMarines
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Stephanie Schiltz
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central texas
Jennifer Warren
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Kathy Lux
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san antonio
Angie Lemmons
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Anna Leach-Beeching
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Jeanne Powell
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dallas/ft. worth
Ariellen Boyle
Brooklyn Peoples
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Cherie Schnieders
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Lauren Snyder
Sarah Davis
Summer Greer
North texas
SarahKate Parnell
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Sheila Escobedo
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ShaRae Madewell
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Houston
Alexandra Price
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Carrie Bigford
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Donna Anton
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Fallon Bulli
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Linda Cerasuolo
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Kimberly Perez
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Rachel Marquez
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