Councilor Julia Mejia became the first Dominican and Afro-Latina to serve on the Boston City Council in 2019. Councilor Mejia takes an inside-outside approach to governance, wherein community conversations and constituent services drive her policy priorities and her time. Councilor Mejia won her first election by just one vote, and has become a national voice for civic engagement. In her re-election, Councilor Mejia is prioritizing voters in precincts with lower-than-average turnout - even if she doesn’t know they will vote for her - as an effort to build power and electoral accountability.