Meet Marjorie Molina

I’ve raised children in East Charlotte. I’ve been a working mother, a businesswoman, and a public leader responsible for decisions that shape how people live every day. I’ve brought national campaign experience, real-world pressure, and grounded clarity into a seat that touches nearly every part of life in this city—from housing to infrastructure to how long it takes to cross a street safely.

 

I don’t govern from theory. I govern from proximity to the issues. That’s why I led the negotiation that moved Eastland Yards forward. Two competing proposals stood on opposite sides of a divided conversation—each with its own vision, its own supporters, and every reason to resist compromise. I knew I risked losing people on both sides. I stayed with it. I listened longer. I helped broker an agreement that brought the two sides together.

 

The result wasn’t just unanimous Council support. It was a historic resolution. A reminder that leadership means bringing everyone to a higher calling—a higher purpose. Leadership is resolution. And when you’re fortunate, it’s resolution where both sides walk away having made an impact.

 

That’s the kind of leadership I bring to every table I sit at—including as the only woman on the Council’s Jobs & Economic Development Committee and Vice Chair of the Transportation, Planning and Development Committee.

 

It’s how I helped secure $1 million in city funding and facilitated the land transfer for the Katie Blessing Center. How I backed SparkCentro as a model for culturally grounded economic growth. How I helped protect more than 170 families at Peppertree Apartments. How I’ve helped guide infrastructure and economic policy that shapes how Charlotte moves.

 

As a Spanish-speaking Black woman, I understand the complexity of identity and access—and I work to ensure that government isn’t lost in translation for the people who live here. I’ve helped steward some of Charlotte’s most consequential civic investments with stability, not spectacle. I carry that responsibility with discipline, not performance.

 

I’m not running to reintroduce myself. I’m running because the work is active, the outcomes are visible, and the next phase deserves the same steady hand that brought us this far.