Meet Debbie Ortega: Get to know the Denver mayor candidate

📲 First tap in the morning: Google Calendar

📍 Favorite spot in Denver: Red Rocks Amphitheatre

🍳 Favorite places to eat and drink: La Casita, Steam Espresso Bar, Tenn Street Coffee and Books and El Noa Noa

👀 Fun fact: I have my own top-secret salsa recipe.

😄 Hobbies: Gardening, walking Denver’s Sloan Lake park, and making jewelry for friends, family, and colleagues

📺 On demand: "Yellowstone"

📕 Reading list: City council packets

🎧 Podcast queue: "The Daily" from the New York Times and City Cast Denver

🎵 On rotation: Estas Tome, an acoustical guitarist

☝ First action as mayor: Convene a meeting with regional stakeholders to discuss how to move people to self-sufficiency who are currently struggling on our streets

🚩 What sets you apart as a candidate: My 40 years of multitasking to serve the people of Denver.

🏆 Proudest personal achievement: Graduating from West High School and watching my daughter and grandchildren graduate from Denver Public Schools

🎉 Top career accomplishment: Passing the city’s first LGBTQ equal protection ordinance on as a council member