Delia Garza
Delia Garza was elected to represent District 2 as the first Latina City Council member in November 2014 and re-elected in November 2016. She became mayor pro tem in January 2019.
Raised by a firefighter and a stay-at-home mom who were both active in the community, Garza said she was inspired to work in public service. Like her father, she became a firefighter with the Austin Fire Department. Garza served South Austin as one of the first Mexican-American female firefighters in the early 2000s and was elected to leadership positions as part of the Austin Firefighter Association.
In 2007, Garza left the AFD to go to law school. She got her law degree from Gonzaga University and began serving as Texas assistant attorney general in the Child Support Division.
Garza has been the chair of the Regional Affordability Committee, the vice chair for the Health and Human Services Committee, and on the board of several city committees that deal with infrastructure, education and equality.