 Lozano was reared in Premont in Jim Wells County, where he graduated from Premont High School.In 2003, he received a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas, where he was affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and interned in the Austin office of State Senator Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi, a Democrat.After his UT studies, Lozano worked in McAllen in the office of Democratic U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa.