SUPERVISOR
ADELITA S. GRIJALVA

Adelita Grijalva, Vice Chair of the Pima County Board of Supervisors and District 5 Supervisor, was the first Latina elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020 and the first Latina, and only the second woman, to serve as Chair. She is a native Tucsonan, educated through public schools, and has served in elected office for nearly 24 years, with 20 of those as a Governing Board Member for the Tucson Unified School District, Southern Arizona’s largest public school system.

Adelita is a strong advocate for the needs of Pima County and has championed working with coalitions to address the biggest issues facing our community, including housing people can afford, public education, environmental quality and climate resiliency, and healthy and safe communities. She is proud that organizations dedicated to diversity, inclusion, education, and equity for all have supported her throughout her career.

Adelita worked at a non-profit organization for 26 years before joining Pima County and was dedicated to helping court-involved youth and their families through a juvenile court diversion program. She believes strongly that private and public partnerships can bring positive change in our community. Adelita currently serves on the YWCA of Southern Arizona Board of Directors, the Parent Advisory Board for Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School, the Visit Tucson Board of Directors and the Pima Association of Governments and Regional Transportation Authority Boards. 

Adelita is currently serving her second term on the Pima County Board of Supervisors and lives in Tucson with her husband Sol and their three children, Adelina, Raúl and Joaquín. She is the proud daughter of Congressman Raúl Grijalva.