Zeph Capo is a labor union official and president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT) and the Houston Federation of Teachers, affiliates of the national American Federation of Teachers union. Capo was an outspoken opponent of the Texas government’s decision to reopen schools in the fall of 2020 with a flexible mask policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education

Zeph Capo attended a community college for two years¹ and then transferred to the Florida International University where he earned a degree in international relations in 1994. In 2015, Capo earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Texas, Pan American. ¹ for six years before becoming a full-time union administrator. ¹ From 1992 to 1997, he worked at the public school district in Miami-Dade, Florida. Capo then worked for a year at the Austin Independent School District in Texas. 0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i