Mrs. Chavez has lived in Santa Fe for the last twenty-three years with her husband. She is the mother of one son and grandmother to a grandson and a granddaughter. Mrs. Chavez has worked in almost every aspect of both public and private education during her career. For 11 years she was a teacher at Santa Fe High School, teaching Theatre, Language Arts and Communications. After receiving her master’s degree in Education Leadership, she worked as an Elementary Assistant Principal and a High School Principal. Ms. Chavez was notably Assistant Principal at St. Michael’s High School for seven years and for the last two years Mrs. Chavez has served as Assistant Principal at Gonzales Community School. Ms. Chavez has been a parishioner as St. Francis Cathedral for the past 23 years and has participated in their music ministry throughout that time.