Victoria PetroServing

Victoria Petro

City CouncilDemocrat

UT-Salt Lake City District 1 City Council

Panamanian and Cuban·Salt Lake City Council Chair (2024)

Why This Race Matters

Petro won re-election in November 2025 with 51.8% under ranked-choice voting, defeating Stephen Otterstrom. She is part of the historic Latino majority on the Salt Lake City Council alongside Eva Lopez-Chavez, Alejandro Puy, and Erika Carlsen -- a milestone in a state that is 17% Latino with a rapidly growing Hispanic population. Her next election is not until 2029.

At the January 2026 swearing-in, Petro addressed constituent fears about federal immigration raids and committed to advocating for her neighbors' dignity. The council now has four members belonging to racial and ethnic minorities and is also majority LGBTQ. Petro was named Executive Director of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2025, deepening her ties to the state's Latino business community.

About

Victoria Petro represents Salt Lake City's District 1, spanning Rose Park, Jordan Meadows, Westpointe, and Fairpark on the city's west side. She is a Latina single mother of four who is of Panamanian and Cuban descent. A trained music therapist and nonprofit leader, she served as Executive Director of Salty Cricket before being appointed to the City Council in November 2021. She was named Executive Director of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2025 and won re-election to a second term in November 2025 with 51.8% of the vote under ranked-choice voting.

Family & Heritage

Latina single mother of four, of Panamanian and Cuban descent. Has called Salt Lake City's District 1 (the Westside) home for nearly a decade, raising her children in the neighborhood.

Political Career

Before Politics

Executive Director of Salty Cricket nonprofit (community building through music); diversity and inclusion consultant; Executive Director of Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; participant in El Sistema USA PRESTO program; board member of Utahns for Culture and Utah Cultural Alliance

Education

B.M. Music Therapy, East Carolina University (2002); M.A. Musicology, Brandeis University (2009); M.I.S. International Nonprofit Management, North Carolina State University (2013); Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Duke University

Key Issues & Priorities

*Westside investment and anti-displacement
*Affordable housing (shared-equity models, community land trusts)
*Homelessness solutions (managed encampments, mental health facilities)
*Parks safety and Jordan River Trail improvements
*Transparent and resident-inclusive governance
*Immigration protection for constituents

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