Mayor for a Minute

Yvette Quiroga: Mendota’s first Latina mayor

Yvette at Quiroga Court in Mendota

Fifteen years ago, my college roommate became her city’s first female Latina mayor. It was a life-long dream fulfilled. But it was short-lived. What she went through both immediately before she became mayor and what she has done since then have made me proud.

I helped Yvette go door-to-door in the months before the election. She had a list of every registered…