What happens when one pop culture-obsessed City Hall newbie decides to make it her mission to get more involved at the local level… and open up the doors to our confusingly bureacratic democracy to more Austinites? 

The answer, apparently, is a series of Lizzie McGuire-inspired civic explainers. Keep scrolling to meet Gabby Mata, The Austin Common’s first-ever People, Not Politics Fellow, and learn more about her bold civic mission… and the exciting things she has in store to share with y’all!