Meet Sarah

Rep. Sarah Silva is fighting to protect the freedoms that help us turn our hopes into reality, like the freedom to decide whether and when to grow our families, to support and enjoy time with our loved ones, to care for them when they’re sick without losing jobs, and to let our kids be kids and come home safely from school.

Sarah was born in Vado and raised in the Mesilla Valley. She grew up in a farming community that instilled in her the values of honesty, integrity, hard work, and optimism. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, Sarah won the Pedro Arrupe award, which is given for the promotion of justice and desire to seek the greatest good. Sarah has applied the values she learned growing up to her work as an organizer around the country, and she has successfully organized campaigns that generate progress for people.

Sarah moved back to the Mesilla Valley in 2009 after finishing college and organizing in the Bay area. She has lived in House District 53 for more than seven years with her partner Heath, her daughter Eva, and his daughter Lily.

Since moving back to New Mexico, Sarah has worked tirelessly alongside others to organize successful campaigns to hold big banks accountable, protect more than 200 families from foreclosure in Southern New Mexico, raise the minimum wage in Las Cruces, designate the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks as a national monument, support young immigrants applying for legal status through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), and incorporate Anthony, N.M., as a city. Sarah currently owns a consulting business; through it she trains and coaches community-oriented people and organizations. She is a board member for the Native Land Institute.

In her free time she enjoys music, Star Wars, gardening and spending time outdoors hiking, birding and hunting.