Susie Sadlowski Garza
| Susie Sadlowski Garza | |
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City of Chicago Alderman from the 10th Ward |
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Assumed office May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Pope |
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Susan Sadlowski 1959 (age 57–58) Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ed Garza (m. 1996) Dave Martino (m. 1979; div. 1981) |
| Children | Four |
| Residence | Hegewisch, Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Governors State University (B.A.) Concordia University (M.C.) |
| Profession | School Counselor |
Susan Sadlowski Garza is a member of the Chicago City Council serving as Alderman for the 10th ward. The 10th ward is located on Chicago's southeast side and includes East Side, Hegewisch, Jeffrey Manor, South Chicago and South Deering. She is serving her first term after defeating Rahm Emanuel ally John Pope in the 2015 election.
The daughter of union activist Edward Sadlowski, Sadlowski-Garza was born in 1959 at University of Chicago Medical Center in Hyde Park and raised on the southeast side of Chicago. She attended Jane Addams Elementary School and George Washington High School. She then went on to attend Western Illinois University for one year before dropping out. At age 19, she married David Martino with whom she had one son. They divorced two years later.
In 1996, she married Ed Garza. She graduated from Governors State University with a bachelor degree and later from Concordia University with a master of counselling. She became a school counselor at Jane Addams Elementary School and joined the Chicago Teachers Union where she eventually became an area Vice President.
With the encouragement of Karen Lewis, Sadlowski Garza chose to run against four term incumbent John Pope, a staunch Rahm Emanuel ally on the council, to serve as alderman for the tenth ward. Sadlowski Garza ran on a platform of an elected Chicago School Board, cracking down on petroleum coke processing plants, participatory budgeting and diversifying the ward's economy.
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