|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
The City of Doral is a vibrant and growing community, and we feel that Mayor Christi Fraga is worthy of re-election. She brings a youthful enthusiasm and determination to the job and is fully committed to the task of public service and making sure that the needs of Doral’s residents are met.
She and her husband Gabriel Fraga have lived in Doral for more than twenty years. She has an associate degree in business administration from Miami-Dade Community College and a bachelor’s degree in financial management and accounting from Florida International University. She participated in the Good Government Initiative’s Leaders in Excellence Program at the University of Miami, which was designed to cultivate ethical and leadership skills in elected officials. This was not only a good foundation for public service, it also inspired her to create several successful businesses based in Doral.
In November of 2012 she was elected as the youngest person in the city’s history to serve on the Doral City Council. In 2013 Christi was appointed by her colleagues to serve as Vice Mayor of the city. She focused her efforts on empowering youth, women, the elderly, and the special needs community. She also worked to improve traffic, education, and support for small businesses.
Christi spearheaded the creation of the Youth Advisory Board, created the Youth Leadership Award to recognize young civic leaders for their academic excellence, leadership, and community service initiatives, and served for two years as president of the Women’s Alliance Group (WAG), which focuses on improving women’s opportunities in their workplaces, also encouraging them to make a difference in their community.
She raised funds for important community causes such as the Women’s Breast Health Initiative (WBHI), the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Ronald McDonald House and organizations aiding the disabled, combating domestic violence, and providing free healthcare services to the community.
In 2022 Christi Fraga was elected to serve as Doral’s first woman Mayor.
She served on the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities, whose members appointed her to serve on the Planning and Construction Committee of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which brought three new public schools to Doral.
We think it’s important the way she worked with Parent-Teacher-Student Association members in local schools, leading to the expansion of City PTSA Grants to fund additional programs benefiting education. She established a city computer donation program to ensure a steady annual flow of computer equipment to Doral schools. She understands that the city’s youth are the future of Doral.
She has taken steps to reduce property taxes for low-income seniors, promote fiscal responsibility, ethics, and transparency, supported the expansion of City parks and wants to improve City police facilities to increase security and lower crime for Doral businesses as well as its residents. She supports public transportation and transit initiatives that promote trolley, bicycle, and pedestrian accessibility.
For all these reasons and more, we endorse Christi Fraga and urge you to support her.
