[LWVNM Action] Replacement for Rep. Maestas

[Richard Mason]

 The Bernalillo County Commission on Monday chose Flor Yanira Gurrola
Valenzuela to fill a vacancy in House District 16. (Courtesy of Flor Yanira
Gurrola Valenzuela)

For the second time in less than a month, the Bernalillo County Commission
has appointed a teacher to fill a seat in New Mexico House of
Representatives.

And while it’s the same position, it’s now a different teacher.

The commission on Monday chose Flor Yanira Gurrola Valenzuela to serve West
Side Albuquerque-based District 16 in the legislature.

Gurrola, 48, spent much of her career as a bilingual and math teacher at
Washington Middle School and is currently a professional development
coordinator for Dual Language Education New Mexico. A Mexican immigrant,
Gurrola said she sees her appointment as an opportunity to give voice to
the low-income and immigrant populations she has worked with in Albuquerque.

“(There are) kids who no matter how good they are at school or the dreams
they have, sometimes they don’t have opportunities when they finish
school,” she said in an interview after Monday’s virtual meeting. “That’s
in my mind right now. I’m shaped by them.”
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