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Mary Alice P. Cisneros

City Hall Office
P.O. Box 839966
San Antonio, TX 78283
210-207-7279

Constituent Office
1803 Vance Jackson
Suite 401
San Antonio, TX 78213
210-733-5056

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  • Norma Rivera, Council Aide
     

  • Adam Greenup, Council Aide
     

  • Carlos D. Pena, Council Aide
     

  • Albert Eng, District Director
     

  • Yolanda Byington, Senior Executive Secretary

 

 

Mary Alice Cisneros is a life-long resident of District 1. She was born and raised in Prospect Hill. A graduate of Providence High School, Mary Alice attended San Antonio College and Our Lady of the Lake University.
In May 2007, Cisneros was elected to the San Antonio City Council representing District 1.

Cisneros has been dedicated to public service and giving back to her community. She has been elected as a trustee of the San Antonio Independent School Board. She also has served as: chairman of Communities in Schools; chair of the Southland College Scholarship Program; a member of the San Antonio Youth Literacy Board; a member of the Mayor's Commission for Children and Families; chair of the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Awards; chair and founder of the Women's Employment Network Odyssey Awards; and finance coordinator of the Jimenez Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Dinner.

Cisneros has been honored as the 1985 Outstanding Democratic Woman of the Year. She also was inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame.  In 1988, she was appointed a delegate to the Democratic National Committee.  Currently, Ms. Cisneros is serving as Secretary for the Democratic Municipal Officials for the National League of Cities.

Her latest labor of love has been the establishment of American Sunrise, a community development housing organization that works to revitalize neighborhoods by providing educational and economic opportunities to improve the lives of working families.

Cisneros is the president of River City Management, a small, family-owned business.

The Councilwoman is married to Henry G. Cisneros, a former Mayor of San Antonio and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton's Administration. They have three children: Teresa Cisneros Burton, wife of Sean Burton, Mercedes Cisneros Badger, wife of Brad Badger, and son John Paul Anthony. John Paul is a sophomore at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.  The Cisneros have four grandchildren: Russell, Grace, Natalia and Karina.



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