Magaly graduated from The University of Texas at Tyler with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After 10 years, she decided to switch careers and is now attending The University of Texas at Tyler where she plans to graduate with her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, pursue her Master of Accountancy, and then sit for the CPA exam.

Her areas of practice include audits of financial statements for local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and employee benefit plans.

Magaly and her husband, Victor, are native East Texans, born and raised in Tyler. She enjoys traveling the world, working out, reading crime thrillers, and spending time with family and friends.