PARAMOUNT — Diane Martinez and Annette Delgadillo were honored by county Supervisor Janice Hahn at the May 27 Board of Supervisors meeting for becoming the first sisters and first educators to serve as mayors of the city. Hahn was joined in the presentation by Archbishop José Gomez, head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
Martinez and Delgadillo are active members and volunteers at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic parish in Paramount.
“Diane and Annette have been dedicated leaders for the people of Paramount, role models for young women, my partners in public service, and I am proud to call them both my friends,” Hahn said. “Their extraordinary story needs to be told, and their service deserves to be honored.”
Martinez served on the Paramount City Council for 25 years from 1994 to 2019, including six terms as mayor. She currently serves on the Paramount school board and as vice chairwoman for the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders. She earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Cal State Long Beach and has a master’s degree in education administration.
She spent most of her teaching career with the El Rancho Unified school District in Pico Rivera.
Delgadillo was elected to Paramount’s all-women City Council in 2022 and completed her term as mayor in April. She is Paramount’s representative on the Southern California Association of Governments General Assembly. Delgadillo holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Cal State Long Beach and a credential in elementary education.
“On behalf of my sister and I, we humbly thank Supervisor Janice Hahn and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for recognizing our historical achievement,” Delgadillo said. “Diane and I will always remember this moment that we shared together.”
“Your city council is all women, our Board of Supervisors is all women, but still there are girls that grow up and are not sure that a career in politics or education is what they want to do, so you’re role models, and the more girls we can get into our line of work, the better this world will be,” Hahn added.
