Luciano Rubio
Director of Transportation
Harlingen CISD
Director of Transportation
Harlingen CISD
Luciano Rubio is the Director of Transportation for the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District for the past seven years. Prior to his career in school transportation, Mr. Rubio proudly served thirty-one (31) years as a law enforcement officer for the City of Harlingen. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at Brownsville. For the vast majority of his career, he has been a public servant; mostly serving in supervisory and administrator leadership positions. Mr. Rubio was a certified TCOLE police instructor and started his journey in becoming a trainer with the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation (TAPT) organization. He recently became a TAPT “Professionally Certified Pupil Transportation Official” and is on course in acquiring the Administrator certification.
Mr. Rubio has served as the President-Elect, President and currently the Treasurer for the South Texas Association for Pupil Transportation. He continuously is striving to improve the school transportation environment, especially with on-time arrivals and sufficient personnel for daily operational necessities. Mr. Rubio has been married for over thirty-five (35) years to his lovely wife, Irene. Together, they have three children - Erica, Sarah, Nicholas and they are blessed with one grand-daughter, Davina. Mr. Rubio is greatly motivated by his family, who inspires him to do the best that he can to make a difference.