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==Background==

==Background==

The son of an [[immigrant]] from [[Mexico]],<ref name=RailroadCommArchiveBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/commissioners/carrillo/bio.php |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090705222119/http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/commissioners/carrillo/bio.php |accessdate=April 15, 2021|title=Chairman Victor G. Carrillo Biography|publisher=Texas Railroad Commission}}</ref> Carrillo is a native of [[Abilene]] in Taylor County in West Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He then attended  [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, where he earned a [[Master of Science]] degree, also in geology. From 1988 to 1994 he worked as a petroleum geophysicist for Amoco. He attended law school at night and in 1994 procured his [[Juris Doctorate]] degree from the University of Houston Law Center.<ref name=ourcam/><ref name=RailroadCommArchiveBio/> From 1994 to 1996, he was an attorney for the Texas General Land Office under the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] commissioner Garry Mauro.<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url= http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=49307|title=Victor G. Carrillo: Project Vote Smart|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

The son of an [[immigrant]] from [[Mexico]],<ref name=RailroadCommArchiveBio>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090705222119/http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/commissioners/carrillo/bio.php|accessdate=April 15, 2021|title=Chairman Victor G. Carrillo Biography|publisher=Texas Railroad Commission}}</ref> Carrillo is a native of [[Abilene]] in Taylor County in West Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He then attended  [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, where he earned a [[Master of Science]] degree, also in geology. From 1988 to 1994 he worked as a petroleum geophysicist for Amoco. He attended law school at night and in 1994 procured his [[Juris Doctorate]] from the University of Houston Law Center.<ref name=ourcam/><ref name=RailroadCommArchiveBio/> From 1994 to 1996, he was an attorney for the Texas General Land Office under the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] commissioner Garry Mauro.<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url= http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=49307|title=Victor G. Carrillo: Project Vote Smart|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

Having returned to Abilene in 1996, he taught [[political science]] for a time at Hardin-Simmons and served on the city council and as an assistant city attorney while maintaining a law practice. He and his wife, the former Joy McClellan, have three daughters, all [[homeschooling|home-school]]ed. While in Abilene, they attended Abilene Bible Church,<ref name=ourcam/> and Carrillo was a member of the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Abilene Hispanic Leadership Council, Keep Abilene Beautiful, the [[Salvation Army]], and the board of advisors of the ''Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy,'' published by the [[University of Texas at Austin]] School of Law.<ref name=vsmart/>  

Having returned to Abilene in 1996, he taught [[political science]] for a time at Hardin-Simmons and served on the city council and as an assistant city attorney while maintaining a law practice. He and his wife, the former Joy McClellan, have three daughters, all [[homeschooling|home-school]]ed. While in Abilene, they attended Abilene Bible Church,<ref name=ourcam/> and Carrillo was a member of the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Abilene Hispanic Leadership Council, Keep Abilene Beautiful, the [[Salvation Army]], and the board of advisors of the ''Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy,'' published by the [[University of Texas at Austin]] School of Law.<ref name=vsmart/>

==Political career==

==Political career==