| Alba García Martín | |
| Birth Name: | Alba María García Martín |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain |
| Party: | Sumar Mugimendua (since 2024) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Deusto |
| Otherparty: | Podemos Euskadi (2021–2024) |
| Occupation: | Psychologist • Anti-racism activist • Politician |
| Office1: | Leader of Sumar Euskadi |
| Termstart1: | 4 February 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Office established |
Alba María García Martín (born 22 October 1988) is a Spanish psychologist, anti-racism activist, and politician.[1] [2] [3]
She was the coordinator of SOS Racism in Biscay. She is part of the Big Road association for community development in Senegal.[4] She was an institutional action technician for Podemos Euskadi (2021–2024),[5] and in 2023 began her political career with the Podemos Euskadi party.[6]
In 2024, she was proposed by the party Sumar Mugimendua to lead the Sumar coalition in the Basque Country, as a Lehendakari (head of government) candidate in the 2024 Basque regional election.[7]
Born in Bilbao (Biscay). She got a licenciate degree in psychology in the University of Deusto (2006–2011).[8] In the last year of her degree, she was selected by the Bizkaia Talent agency for the Talentia program (2010–2011), since then being part of the Talentia Network.[9] Later, she completed a master's degree in psychology of social intervention at the University of Deusto.[8]
She specializes in social intervention. She worked for three years at the Lagun Artean shelter with different groups.[8] Then she worked for around ten years at the Telefónica Association of Retired Persons as a psychologist. She was the coordinator of SOS Racismo in Biscay, as an expert in anti-racism. and social intervention.[10] [11]
In 2020, she founded the Big Road Elkartea association, an association for community development in Senegal-Euskadi.[12] [13] She also participates in feminist activism. She is a member of the feminist organization feministAlde![14] She also collaborates as an opinion columnist with various media, including among others El Correo,[15] Deia,[16] elDiario.es,[17] [18] El Salto,[19] and Naiz.[20]
In 2021, she began working for the political party Podemos Euskadi in the Institutional Action secretary as an institutional action technician and as a coordinator of institutional action, electoral campaigns, and electoral program, being part of the team of technicians of the party.[5] [21]
In 2023, she took the step into politics, as a candidate, with the Podemos Euskadi political party. In the 2023 Spanish local elections, she was a candidate for council member of the Bilbao City Council, for the Elkarrekin Bilbao electoral alliance (Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Aliance), with Ana Viñals as a candidate for mayor of Bilbao.[22] [23] [24]
In the 2023 Basque foral elections, she was a candidate for deputy of the General Assembly of Biscay (regional parliament of Biscay), for the Bilbao constituency, for the Elkarrekin Bizkaia electoral alliance (Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza, Equo Berdeak and Green Aliance), with Eneritz de Madariaga as candidate for General Deputy of Biscay (head of government).[25] [26] Although she did not obtain a seat as a member of the regional Parliament.
In 2024, García was proposed by the Sumar Mugimendua political party to head the Sumar Euskadi electoral alliance in Euskadi (alliance created by the three Basque political parties Sumar Mugimendua, Ezker Anitza, and Equo Berdeak), as a Lendakari (president of the government) candidate in the 2024 Basque regional election.[3] [27] [28] For that, she stopped being a member of the Podemos Euskadi party and she began as a member of the party Sumar Mugimendua to lead the Sumar Euskadi electoral alliance.
She resides in Bilbao. She declares herself a feminist and anti-racist.