This Is My Home. This Is My Fight.

I'm Natasha Harper-Madison, and District 1 isn't just where I serve; it's where I'm from. I was born and raised in East Austin, and long before I ever set foot in City Hall, I was building small businesses on the Eastside and organizing my neighbors to get the resources our community deserved. I didn't come into public service through a traditional political path. I came into it because I saw people I love getting left behind, and I couldn't sit still.

Today, I serve as Austin's Mayor Pro Tem and Chair of the Housing and Planning Committee, the second Black woman ever to hold the Mayor Pro Tem position in this city's history. But the title that matters most to me is the one I've had the longest: mother of four.

Everything I fight for comes back to one belief: that Austin can grow without pushing out the people who built it. That's shown up in my work on anti-displacement housing funding, affordable housing policy, and protecting the culture and history of East Austin. It's not always easy, and it's not always fast. But it's the work.