Audrey Nath
Audrey Nath is running for election to the Houston Independent School District to represent District VII in Texas. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Nath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Audrey Nath was born in Houston, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University in 2005 and an M.D. from UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School in 2012. Her career experience includes working as a physician. She has been affiliated with American Epilepsy Society, American Academy of Neurology, Healthcare for All Texas, and Houston Progressive Caucus.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Houston Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Houston Independent School District, District VII
Incumbent Bridget Wade and Audrey Nath are running in the general election for Houston Independent School District, District VII on November 4, 2025.
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Audrey Nath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nath's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Being a parent has opened my eyes to the needs of students in our district. After my son was diagnosed with profound dyslexia, I saw firsthand that there are real implications of the state of Texas not fully funding special education services. I am a passionate advocate for special education services, as both a pediatric neurologist and the parent of an HISD student with an IEP.
I am a big fan of fiscal responsibility, both in my own life and with regard to school district finances. I have protested the TEA takeover from the beginning, and I'm running to return our district to local control, fiscal responsibility and transparency to constituents.- Real learning and libraries. I credit my success in medicine to libraries and my teachers. All students must have access to libraries, meaningful learning, and the arts.
- Support for students with learning differences. Speech and occupational therapists have helped my son with dyslexia, support that’s made a real difference. All children deserve those services, now sorely missing since the takeover.
- Fiscal responsibility & local control. The superintendent should invest in students, not pricey consultants. It's time to end the takeover and restore an elected board that ensures oversight and accountability to taxpayers.
Additionally, I will continue to speak with title 1 schools in district 7 about their need for donated supplies, organizing donations from the community, and delivering these directly to schools. This work was recently featured in the Houston Chronicle, and I look forward to coordinating regular supply drives.
When my son was starting the 1st grade, we discovered there was a problem when he turned in a blank sheet of paper for his first spelling test. Initially, I thought I just hadn't prepared him enough. So for the next week, I made little flash cards of the words and drilled them. We'd practice a word 10 times, but when we came back to it, he would give a wild guess. Around this same time, instead of asking how a word was spelled, he would ask how *many* letters were in the word to try to figure out what it was.
We got him testing. His case of dyslexia was so pronounced that the psychologist asked if she could use his testing results as a "classic" example for her students. As a neurologist, I know that a case only gets flagged as a teaching case for trainees if it is not subtle at all. (I've been the one to ask that question many times before!)
He then began intensive dyslexia tutoring. And boy, did he not like it at first. During the first sessions, I would hold him on my lap, because otherwise, he'd try to run away. He also did occupational therapy, and speech therapy, and some actual therapy.
And, now, in the third grade, he is reading at grade level! I am SO proud of him! He even helps read words for his little sister, and you can see his confidence come through.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 20, 2025
