Mayra Macias grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the working class home of immigrant parents. Mayra attended Yale University, where she double-majored in American Studies and Ethnicity, Race & Migration. After graduating, Mayra moved to Miami to work with Teach for America as a middle school Language Arts teacher in Liberty City at Charles R. Drew Middle School. For three years, Mayra worked with the Florida Democratic Party, first as the Hispanic Outreach Director for South Florida and then as the Deputy Political Director where she helped flip the Sarasota City Council. Mayra left Florida as part of the Capitol Hill Fellowship where she transitioned from politics to policy, working for the Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro. Mayra returned to sunny Florida the summer of 2016 as the Florida Democratic Party’s Political Director — becoming the first Latina to hold this position. During this past election cycle, Mayra had the opportunity to advocate for immigrants, Latinos, and millenials on various national platforms, including on CNN’s New Day with Andrew Cuomo and has been recognized as one of Florida’s #BossGirls.