{"id":10892,"date":"2017-04-13T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T23:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=10892"},"modified":"2021-02-25T13:21:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T18:21:38","slug":"interamerican-campus-department-chair-mara-zapata-elected-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/interamerican-campus-department-chair-mara-zapata-elected-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"InterAmerican Campus Department Chair Elected To City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a newly elected member of the Miami Springs city council, Mara Zapata hopes to bring the community closer and fight to maintain the spirit and aesthetics of the small town. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love this community,\u201d said Zapata, who also serves as the chair of the K-12 Teacher Education programs at InterAmerican Campus. \u201cI have lived here 34 years, and I have a desire to give to this community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Zapata, who won the city council seat on April 4, worries Miami Springs\u2019 location is very attractive to developers who will change the city\u2019s <\/span>small-town flavor and family-oriented civic amenities<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

She was sworn in on April 17 and hopes to maintain the quality of life that is loved by the residents of Miami Springs. As a member of city council, Zapata will be instrumental in making major decisions for the city. The council acts as a congressional body, similar to how Congress functions for the country\u2014proposing bills, holding votes and passing laws to help govern the municipality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The triangular-shaped city is three square miles and has a population of nearly 14,000. It is located just north of Miami International Airport bound diagonally on the east by Okeechobee Road and on the west by Northwest 67th Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zapata is not new to public office. She has served as chair of the Education Advisory Board for the City of Miami Springs since April of 2011. Before that, Zapata was the chairwoman of the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women for two years and an executive board member of the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Those posts led her to love public service.<\/span><\/p>\n

She earned a bachelor\u2019s in early childhood education and a master\u2019s degree in educational leadership from Florida International University and a doctorate in science education from Florida State University. Her roots at MDC began in 2011 when she became the chairperson<\/span> of K-12 Teacher Education programs at InterAmerican Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through her involvement with the county and her city, she has amassed a personal connection with residents of Miami Springs. She is concerned about issues ranging from scammers charging to trim trees to breaches in identity. Now that she\u2019s elected, she said she will turn her attention to certain issues concerning development and space use in the area, specifically, the development of a golf course in Miami Springs. A proposal that is described by Zapata\u2019s campaign site as something that will: \u201cNot only change the landscape of our community but diminish the value of homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

North Campus Associate Director of Learning Resources Theodore Karantsalis<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, a Miami Springs resident since 1995, vouches for Zapata\u2019s involvement in the community. Karantsalis describes Zapata as very friendly and outgoing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMara Zapata lives just two blocks away from me, so she is not just a colleague but also a neighbor,\u201d Karantsalis said.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Zapata\u2019s April 4 election night party at the Miami Springs Golf and Country Club, a group of approximately 50 supporters watched a screen displaying the names of several people running for office in the area via the Miami-Dade County department of elections website. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really view this as politics,\u201d Zapata said at the event. \u201cI view it as a public service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Emotions ran high in the room. As results rolled in from polling places, some of Zapata\u2019s friends and family members shouted praise and cheers. At 7:30 p.m. the results for the election were final: Zapata had won 75.61 percent (1,525 votes) of the total votes. Running against her in the third group was Kathie A. Marquez, who received 492 votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited for Dr. Mara Zapata getting elected,\u201d said Lubby Navarro, a friend of Zapata and a Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Member. \u201cThis is a woman who deserves to be in office. She\u2019s a hard worker, an educator. She cares for her community.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Zapata described the campaign as long and arduous, featuring 10-to-12-hour long days going door-to-door \u201cfrom the minute I got up until the the hours of the dark.\u201d Zapata said talking to voters about keeping the city\u2019s small town feel and stopping development in Miami Springs paid off. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone I told [I was running for office] has been very much behind me,\u201d Zapata said. \u201cThey have been encouraging and supportive. It\u2019s been challenging. I\u2019ve dedicated a lot of hours, and I work full-time at MDC. I want to thank the community for the way they open their doors to me. I\u2019ve had people who voted tell me: \u2018I\u2019m here because of the conversation we had at my door.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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