Gabriella Cázares-Kelly

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Honored by: Patricia MacCorquodale
Areas of Achievement: Activism, Community Building, Education, Higher Education, Leadership, Politics
Birthday: 1982
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Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (she/her) is the Pima County Recorder, taking office in January 2021. She leads an office that oversees voter registration, early voting, and document recording for the county. She is a proud, union-dues-paying, former #RedForEd public school educator and community organizer. She is one of four women who co-founded Indivisible Tohono, a grassroots, community organization that provides opportunities for education and civic engagement for members of her tribe, the Tohono O’odham Nation. She was inspired to run for office after encountering many systemic barriers preventing people from simply getting registered to vote. Gabriella attended the University of Arizona completing a B.A. in Secondary English Education and received her M.A. from Northern Arizona Education specializing in Educational Leadership for Community College and Higher Education. She lives with her husband, Ryan, and their two children, who are now voting age. She is the first Native American to hold an elected Pima County office and one of only four Native Americans to ever hold a county-level office in Arizona. @GabriellaCKelly @PimaRecorder