About

Perfect love casteth out fear.

1 John 4:18

Tatiana Peña is an educator, musician, mother, and community organizer whose parents immigrated to the United States from Central America and set their roots in South Phoenix, where she was born, raised, and currently resides. Tatiana’s mother, and immediate family, came to the USA from Costa Rica as refugees, following Tatiana’s grandfather establishing the first narcotics police division in Costa Rica. Tatiana’s father left Honduras on a violin scholarship to Arizona State University, subsequently becoming a master violinist. Raised by parents who taught at and retired from Roosevelt School District, Tatiana attended elementary school in Roosevelt School District, as well as Frank Elementary in Guadalupe and Fees Middle School.

Bussed into Ahwatukee from the South Side in the late 90s, Tatiana graduated high school from Mountain Pointe and subsequently completed an Associate’s degree at South Mountain Community College, where she served as Student Government President and earned the nomination for the All-USA Academic Team. She transferred to Arizona State University on academic scholarship and earned a bachelor’s degree in multi-lingual and multi-cultural education while continuing to live in South Phoenix and working as a professional mariachi.

After undergrad, Tatiana began her teaching career in the same community she first began her education: Roosevelt School District. She also taught after-school mariachi band and continued as a professional mariachi musician, following in the footsteps of her father. Between moving to Munich, Germany and teaching pre-school for two years and teaching kindergarten for two years in California, South Phoenix has been a constant home base. After permanently moving back to Phoenix, she went onto receive a Master’s in Public Administration from Grand Canyon University. Tatiana can speak three languages: English, Spanish, and German.

Tatiana serves the community through several local non-profits – assisting refugees, elderly, children, crisis pregnancy, low-income, mentally ill, and immigrant communities. For example, Tatiana helps families align the best schools, programs, and funding to their child’s specific needs. Tatiana is also a mariachi musician and has helped at-risk youth connect and progress through music.

Tatiana is the representative for whom the community cries out: she supports our law enforcement and is committed to increasing public safety. Tatiana will defend our community’s values through preserving parental and natural rights, protecting the unborn, improving the foster system, safeguarding the sacred right to vote, and empowering the nuclear family. Through her advocacy, Tatiana has already delivered significant investment and attention to our community. Tatiana will expand and continue to fulfill her promises as your representative.