As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.

In this statement, Baca frames support for faith-based schooling as grounded in personal religious identity (“proud Catholic”) and in constituent experience (“in my district”). The quote functions rhetorically as a testimonial: it asserts that religiously affiliated schools can produce tangible social benefits, and it implies that public policy should recognize or accommodate that contribution. By pairing faith with civic outcomes (“our society”), the line also signals an attempt to bridge private belief and public responsibility—presenting faith-based education not as sectarian preference but as a community asset observed firsthand.