Gabriella Cázares-Kelly

Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (born 1982) is a Tohono Oʼodham and American educator, community organizer, and politician serving as the Pima County, Arizona Recorder since 2021. She is the first Native American elected to a countywide role in Pima County.

Early life and education Cázares-Kelly was born in the Spring of 1982 and is a citizen of the Tohono O'odham Nation and comes from the Pisinemo District in Pisinemo, Arizona. She completed general education at Pima Community College. Cázares-Kelly earned a bachelor's degree in secondary English education from the University of Arizona.

A community organizer, after the U.S. presidential election, Cázares-Kelly co-founded Indivisible Tohono in 2016 to address the lack of voter education and representation in her community. Her involvement continued into 2018, where she and other Indigenous women were disappointed with a similar event in Phoenix.

In November 2019, Cázares-Kelly announced her candidacy for Pima County Recorder. Her campaign focused on voter registration and ensuring that historically underrepresented communities in Pima County had a voice in elections.

Personal life As of December 2020, Cázares-Kelly lives in Tucson with her husband and twin children.