Lorena Austin

Lorena truly cares about Mesa and during her first term in the legislature she has prioritized the health of her community. Her major focuses has been on ensuring that everyone, especially minority communities, have protected access to clean water – as well as investing in clean energy to mitigate the climate and water crisis. If re-elected, Lorena will continue to ensure that members of her community who are being particularly impacted by the climate crisis, like her Native American neighbors, have a voice at the table. We are proud to support her in her bid for re-election.

Lorena Austin has deep family roots in Mesa, Arizona, where she graduated from Mesa Community College as an honor student and student body president. She then received a second degree in Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, where she focused on U.S. & Mexican Regional Immigration Policy and Economy, from the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. She also graduated Summa Cum Laude and was awarded the prestigious Dean's Medal from Arizona State University. She has ample experience working in the public, private and nonprofit sectors and currently works alongside her father, a civil rights attorney. Lorena won her election to the state legislature in 2022.