On Tuesday, Rocque Perez, 26, became the second youngest Ward 5 councilman in the City of Tucson’s history. He said he is also the youngest municipal official in Arizona.
Perez was born in Ward 5 and spent his childhood there, but moved away before coming back.
He served as the executive director of the Metro Education Association, a partnership between the City of Tucson and Pima County. He said it was there that he worked on education opportunities for mixed socioeconomic status families and students with special circumstances in Ward 5…