Kira Alejandro
is a community advocate who is fighting to protect our communities from developers, special interests, and politics as usual. She attended Independence, Cab Calloway, and University of Delaware and now lives in Yorklyn.
Kira knows that the status quo isn’t working. People aren’t being heard. Local government is too beholden to corporations and developers, and too often it ignores the concerns of real people who live here.
Kira never takes donations from development interests, so you can trust that she will always put the community first. She founded the Yorklyn Community Association and has already been doing the work to create real change.
Kira's Track Record of Results
She worked with state officials to preserve nearly 30 acres of open space and expand Auburn Valley State Park – a $6.4 million investment.
She testified in Dover and convinced legislators to address a legal loophole that favored developers.
She helped block a 6-story luxury apartment building that threatened Yorklyn’s historic character and natural resources.
She helped protect the underground aquifer that provides drinking water to thousands of people in Hockessin, Pike Creek, Yorklyn, and beyond.
She advocated for the county to regulate data centers and continues to call for a data center moratorium.
Her record earned her the endorsement of the Sierra Club, Council Member Dee Durham, and Representative Frank Burns.
Kira is also a working-class woman who knows how unaffordable everything has become. Buying a home. Health insurance. Tuition. Electricity. Childcare. Eldercare. She knows that New Castle County must do more to help young people, working families, retirees, and seniors.
Kira has a background as a musician and barista. She attended Cab Calloway before transferring to Interlochen Arts Academy, a world-renowned music and art school in Michigan.
For college, she returned to UD before pursuing music professionally. When she isn’t busy advocating for the community, she works at Philter Coffee in Kennett Square and enjoys the wildlife in Auburn Valley State Park. She grew up in nature and was a counselor for ten years at the Girl Scout Country Camp in Hockessin.
Read Kira’s platform here
