Policy Director of the Family Success Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation
Noah Torres

Noah Torres

Policy Director of the Family Success Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

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Noah Torres is the Policy Director of the Family Success Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, where he focuses on family law, parental rights, child welfare, artificial intelligence regulation, and human services & welfare reform for the sake of promoting the flourishing of all Texans and the common good of Texas. Additionally, Noah previously worked on antitrust and competition law enforcement in healthcare during his tenure at the Foundation.

Born and raised in Fort Worth, TX, Noah was actively involved in local Hispanic, Catholic, and civic circles since his youth. Bringing with these values from his youth, Noah is committed to promoting civic virtue and policy ordered to the flourishing of individuals and the common good.

Prior to joining TPPF, Noah earned his B.A. in politics and theology (‘21) and M.A. in politics (history of political and legal theory) (‘23) at the University of Dallas. During his graduate studies, Noah worked within the Cambridge School tradition of intellectual history and authored his M.A. thesis on the 16th and 17th century political, legal, and ecclesiological thought of Francisco de Vitoria, Robert Bellarmine, Giovanni Botero, Paolo Sarpi, and Niccolo Machiavelli and their respective influences on the relationship between law and conscience as mediated by interpretations of the concepts of right, justice, sovereignty, and ‘reason of state’ in Papal governance, Catholic canon law, and Scholasticism. Noah remains an active participant in conversations relating to Scholastic political and legal thought, continuing to publish both on its intellectual history and its relevance to contemporary questions in American law in academic journals such as American Affairs and the Pontifical University of St. Aquinas’s journal on philosophy and theology, Forum. He has lately dedicated his time to exploring the connections between Spanish Jesuit jurists and the Anglo-American legal tradition. Additionally, Noah is a canonical advocate for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Austin, where he assists petitioners in navigating the Catholic Church’s judicial system.

Noah is an active member in several political theory organizations, including Escuela Hispanica in Spain and Academia Tocqueville in France, as well as in public policy organizations dedicated to AI, child protective services, welfare reform, and religious liberty.

In his free time, Noah enjoys visiting museums, reading Jesuit history, collecting intaglio prints, travelling, playing tennis, and spending time with friends.