Florida’s 27th Congressional District
Meet Lucia Báez-Geller
Lucia Báez-Geller is an educator, community leader, and lifelong Floridian.
The daughter of a Colombian mother, and a Cuban father, Lucia saw the sacrifices her parents made to achieve the American Dream. Lucia’s father fled communism in Cuba in the 1980’s. He survived and found his way to America after spending a month living on the Peruvian embassy’s ground with almost no food or water. Finally, he was able to board a ship heading for America. Lucia was raised by her single mother, who worked multiple jobs to ensure Lucia got the best education possible.
As the first in her family to go to college, Lucia has seen first hand how the power of education can change lives. That’s why Lucia became a teacher for Miami’s public school system, teaching thousands of students English and Language Arts at Miami Beach Senior High from 2005 to 2020. In 2013, Lucia earned the Political Advocate of the Year Award from the National Education Association. Lucia has experience working with a variety of groups to improve access to high quality public education such as the Educational Excellence School Advisory Council, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents, Media Ambassador for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and served as the Education Chair with the League of Women Voters.
Lucia’s passion for education and helping the community that built her prompted her to run for Miami-Dade County School Board District 3. Since 2020, Lucia has helped improve Miami-Dade’s public schools, keeping schools safe, protecting all students from extreme attacks, and ensuring students are prepared to level up in the classroom.
Lucia graduated from Spring Hill College in 2005 with a degree in English and secondary education and later earned a MS in English Education and an Education Specialist degree in curriculum and instruction from Florida International University. Lucia and her husband David Geller are parents to a two year old daughter. Lucia is a lector and avid volunteer at St. Patrick Church in Miami Beach.
On the Issues
Strengthening the middle class and ensuring working families don’t just survive, but thrive.
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Continue negotiations to lower the cost of prescription drug prices and make health care more accessible and affordable.
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Make childcare more affordable and expand the Child Care Tax Credit. This will help lift millions of children out of poverty and help working families thrive.
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We need to pass legislation to support our small businesses.
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We need to ensure that our children receive a high-quality education.
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We need to make housing more affordable and reduce the costs of skyrocketing homeowners’ insurance.
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Reduce the tax burden on the middle class and small businesses.
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Close loopholes that allow billionaires to get away without paying their fair share of taxes.
Reproductive freedom
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We need to protect reproductive rights from the attacks of MAGA extremists like Salazar and Trump. We need to protect access to contraception and IVF.
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In Congress, I would champion legislation to protect our freedoms and that includes supporting the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Convenient Contraception Act, and the Right to Contraception Act.
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Health care decisions should be made between a woman, her doctor, and her faith.
Take climate change seriously here and do what we can to make Miami more resilient.
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Climate change is real, and it is happening. Look at the heat waves, hurricanes, and the weather patterns over the last few years.
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We need to protect our oceans, our water supply, and ensure that our community is a healthy place to live.
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We need to continue the work of the Biden administration to expand and protect environmental safety measures. (While my opponent Salazar voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided about $370 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions)
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We must also ensure FEMA is well funded to ensure that every American has the resources they need to prepare and recover from natural disasters.
