/tags/gus-garcia Gus Garcia en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 30 May 2023 11:02:00 GMT /life-arts/2023-05-30/new-mural-honors-austins-first-elected-latino-mayor-gus-garcia Garcia broke barriers throughout his career. In 1972, he became the first Latino elected to the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees. He was then elected three times to Austin City Council from 1991 to 1997. Tue, 30 May 2023 11:02:00 GMT /life-arts/2023-05-30/new-mural-honors-austins-first-elected-latino-mayor-gus-garcia Krissi Micklethwait /austin/2018-12-17/gus-garcia-the-first-elected-hispanic-mayor-of-austin-dies-at-84 Gustavo "Gus" Garcia, a former Austin school board trustee, City Council member and the first elected Hispanic mayor of Austin, died early Monday� Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:58:52 GMT /austin/2018-12-17/gus-garcia-the-first-elected-hispanic-mayor-of-austin-dies-at-84 Andrew Weber /education/2012-05-09/gus-garcia-on-education-much-more-work-needs-to-be-done Political trailblazer Gus Garcia � the first Hispanic elected to the Austin ISD Board of Directors, and the city's first Hispanic mayor � was honored� Wed, 09 May 2012 20:29:41 GMT /education/2012-05-09/gus-garcia-on-education-much-more-work-needs-to-be-done Daniel Martens, Emery Reifsnyder