Nancy Gutierrez

Nancy Gutierrez earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University in 1994.[1] Her career experience includes working as a teacher and as a business owner.[2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Nancy has lived in Arizona most of her life. She attended to public school in Arizona from kindergarten through college at NAU where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Math. She has lived all over our state including Phoenix, Sierra Vista, as a military spouse and teacher, and now in Tucson. She and her husband have raised their two daughters in Tucson. She has held an Arizona Teaching Credential since 1994 and has taught in Paradise Valley, Sierra Vista and currently teaches yoga at Tucson High since 2013. She earned her 500 hour Certified Yoga Teacher training at Yoga Oasis, has taught classes in Tucson since 2009, and currently teaches yoga at Tucson High. Nancy is passionate about public education and will bring the heart and voice of a teacher to our Legislature.

Nancy has continually searched out leadership positions in our community. She volunteered for several years in her daughters’ classrooms and served as President of the Manzanita Elementary FFO. She was the Physical Education Department Chair for five years and is currently on the Safety Committee at Tucson High Magnet School. In 2017, she served on the board of the Tucson chapter of the National Organization for Women and was elected as the President of that organization in 2018. She has been a dance mom and a soccer mom too. She is committed to our vital and vibrant community and will work hard for to people of LD18.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Every student in Arizona deserves a quality and equitable public education. I will always protect this right and fight for fully funded public edcuation. We must pay our teachers and staff a salary that is comparable to the surrounding states. We need more funding to increase the number of counselors at every school site. We have schools in our state that are literally falling down because that budget has not been funded for years. We need to update our school busses and be sure that our students are riding in safe transportation. I will also fight to end vouchers that take our public tax dollars and give them to private and charter schools with no oversight.We must pass sensible gun legislation in Arizona. We need red flag laws. The age to purchase any sort of gun should be increased to 21. We need to close the loop holes for gun shows so that everyone who wants to purchase a gun has a waiting period and goes through a background check. We also need to reinstate the need for acquiring a license in order to carry a concealed weapon. There should never be guns allowed on any of our school campuses, included our universiites.We must protect our rights. This includes the right to vote, the right to abortion and the the right to secure our water so that future generations can live in Arizona. I will always protect these rights.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about all of the issues above; education, gun sense legislation and the protection of our rights to vote and choose what we do with our bodies. Our public policy should protect our fundamental rights. We need public policy in place to be sure that no person is discriminated against based on their race, religion, sex, who they love or how they live.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Our state must fix our public education system by fully funding it and not giving public tax money to private and charter schools with no accountability. If we do not do this, our public schools will collapse.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

I believe compromise can be needed and valuable. However, when it comes to fundamental rights like voting and abortion care and public education, there isn't much room for compromise. Those are rights that we should all have.