Born and raised in San Antonio, Justin Rodriguez earned his BBA from the University of the Incarnate Word and subsequently attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated in 2000 with his JD.Rodriguez was a juvenile prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office; soon after, he was elected to the San Antonio Independent School District’s Board of Education. Rodriguez then served in the San Antonio City Council from 2007 until 2011.He and his wife Victoria are raising their three children in the heart of San Antonio's west side.