Dear Neighbor,

My name is Noelia Corzo and I am running for Central Committee to represent you and our beautifully diverse community in District 2 of San Mateo County. I have lived in District 2 for nearly my entire life and I am deeply committed to our community. I’m proud to be the first Latina elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 2023.

I am the product of our local schools and obtained a Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology from San Francisco State University before beginning a career where I served foster youth, worked as a community organizer in support of affordable housing and immigrant rights, and currently support children and adults with developmental disabilities as a social worker for a non-profit organization in San Mateo County. I am the daughter of working-class immigrants and have vast personal and professional experience with the many services our county offers.

In 2017, one year after the Presidential election that shifted the course of our country, I heard the call to action in our community and I ran for office for the first time. I campaigned in San Mateo and Foster City to become one of the newly elected Board Trustees of the San Mateo-Foster City School District. At that time, the issues I identified as being most important in the largest school district in our county were equity in education, teacher-district relations, district funding, and parent engagement. I have dedicated countless hours to these issues and am proud of the progress made in these areas.

As our county recovers from the long-lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic, I felt called to once again rise to the occasion and elevate the voices of our community members when they need representation the most. We know that women, children, and essential workers were especially hard hit by the pandemic and, as a working mother responsible for a multigenerational home, I was not immune to those impacts. As Supervisor for District 2, I have a deep understanding of the vital services our county provides and recognize the diverse needs in our community firsthand. We have the opportunity to ensure that our county leadership more accurately reflects the demographics of our entire county. Representation matters and I bring my unique qualifications and perspective to the table to serve you and help more progressive voices represent us all.

— Noelia

Noelia Corzo is a Latina woman with long, curly black hair. She is wearing glasses and smiling in between her father and her son. Her father is a Latino man with grey hair, smiling. Her middle school-aged son is Latino, smiling, in a blue shirt.

I became a single mom to Mikey while in college and I’m so proud of us. Like many of us living in multigenerational homes, I cared for my dad while he recovered from long-haul Covid.

Young Noelia Corzo is grinning with her two front teeth missing. She is behind her older brother, Robinson, and hugging her arms around his neck. Robinson is smiling faintly, has his arms crossed and is wearing a blue and red sports shirt.

My brother, Robinson Stanley Corzo, lost his battle with depression when I was 16. So much of that experience has defined my life and motivated the path I have chosen.