Lily Limón is a retired educator, community leader and volunteer. She served on the El Paso City Council from 2013-17. Limón is an El Paso native who earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso. Limón served as a Spanish teacher, assistant principal, and principal in the Ysleta Independent School District, earning numerous awards for her distinguished service. ​She is married to José Limón and has two daughters, Marisa Limón Garza and Iliana Limón Romero. Presently she is a political consultant with the Sun ​Circle Strategic Group in El Paso.

Limón’s accolades and leadership roles include: 

• ​Founding member of MACI – Mexican American Cultural Institute
  ● Serves as secretary for the MACI Board of Directors ​
  ● Chair of Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats
  ● Credentials representative for El Paso Tejano Democrats at 2016 state convention
  ● Lifelong registered Democrat and active member of El Paso Democratic Party
  ● ​Former ​Member of the Council of Governments (COG)
  ● ​Past​ chairwoman, El Paso Commission for Women
  ● Former teacher of the year, Hanks High School
  ● Founding principal, César Chávez Academy
  ● Past vice president, El Paso Chapter UTEP Alumni Association
  ● Past chairwoman, Hispanic Leadership Institute
  ● FBI Leadership Award recipient
  ● KBNA Hidalgo Award recipient
  ● Leadership El Paso, Class IX
  ● Advisory member, Sin Fronteras Organizing Project
  ● Hispanos Triunfadores Award recipient
  ● ACTS member and past CORE director
  ● Officer and member of the Guadalupana Society at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
  ● Member and President of Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Sorority
  ● Member of Community First Coalition