Mayor Regina Romero

Mayor's Office Phone Number: (520) 791-4201

Press/Media Contact:
Victor Mercado
Communications and Policy Advisor
Victor.Mercado@tucsonaz.gov

For questions about the Mayor's schedule, please contact:
Juan Francisco Ramirez
Juan.Ramirez@tucsonaz.gov

Mayor Regina Romero
Mayor.Romero@tucsonaz.gov

Raised by immigrant farm-workers in Somerton, Arizona, Regina is the youngest of six children and began breaking barriers early on as the first member of her family to vote and the first to graduate from college. She is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona and holds a post-graduate certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

In 2007, Regina became the first woman to represent Tucson’s Ward 1 on the Tucson City Council. While on the Council, Regina helped lift Tucson out of the Great Recession to its most prosperous decade in recent history, helping spur the creation of thousands of high-wage, long-term jobs. She has proven herself to be a champion for issues such as acting boldly on climate change, affordable housing, infrastructure investment, immigrant and workers rights’, and access to a high-quality education.

In November, 2019 Regina was elected Tucson Mayor, becoming the first woman and first Latina Mayor of Tucson, as well as the only Latina Mayor in the 50 largest U.S. cities. Regina is the proud mother of two bi-lingual, bi-cultural and bi-adorable children, Emiliano and Luciana, and has been married to Ruben Reyes for 15 years.

Nate Sigal
Nathaniel.Sigal@tucsonaz.gov

Nate Sigal is Romero’s Senior Policy Advisor. Nate is a Tucson Native and joins the team having successfully managed Mayor-elect Romero’s campaign for Tucson Mayor. Previously, Nate served as an aide and campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva and has assisted several candidates for political office at the local, state, and federal level.

Nate has vast experience working with community stakeholders from a broad spectrum including environmental advocacy, unions, education, and immigrant rights groups and will be advising the Mayor-elect on a wide range of issues. Nate graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Law (PPEL).

Génesis Cubillas
Genesis.Cubillas@tucsonaz.gov

Born and raised in Tucson, Génesis has been involved in many community programs and is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona. Her previous work with Planned Parenthood under the Raiz program was primarily focused on bringing PP resources and education into the Latinx community here in Tucson. With this work she oversaw a group of 50+ volunteers doing various types of work around education, advocacy and campaign work in the 2018 midterms. In addition, she has experience working with Jobs with Justice standing in solidarity with unions and members in Tucson.

Génesis Cubillas is the team’s Staff Assistant and will be focused on supporting office initiatives, identifying best practices to inform policies, and directly supporting all communications. Génesis graduated with a Bachelors in Spanish linguistics and a minor in Education from the University of Arizona and also has a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate.

Fatima Luna
Fatima.Luna@tucsonaz.gov

Fátima Luna serves as the Environmental and Sustainability Policy Advisor for Mayor Romero’s office. In her role, she leads and manages the development and implementation of a climate action plan. The result of a collaboration between the City of Tucson, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University, the role focuses on implementing solutions to address the warming climate in Tucson.

Luna’s experience includes serving as the environmental and natural resource economist for the Sonoran Institute in the Water and Ecosystem Restoration (formerly known as the Colorado River Delta Program). Most recently, she led an initiative to establish a small-scale conservation fund that collaborates with water users to create a network of community-led or community-owned small-scale restoration projects in the Colorado River Delta.

Luna holds a bachelor’s in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Arizona.

Fátima is a mother of three and an advocate for social and environmental justice, especially for disenfranchised communities of color, LGBTQ+, women, children, and immigrants. In her free time, she enjoys weightlifting, gardening, and playing with her son Jarocho.