Life
Ávila Serna obtained her law degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and served as a clerk on the Federal Mediation and Arbitration Board No. 55 from 1997 to 2003. In 2003, a year after joining the PVEM, Ávila joined the legislature after being elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the LIX Legislature. She sat on six commissions, including Special for Kids, Teens and Families; Care for Vulnerable Groups; and Population, Borders and Migratory Matters. In 2005, during her first term as a federal deputy, she became the president of the PVEM in Chihuahua, an office she would hold for six years. From 2007–10 and 2013–15, Ávila served in the Chihuahua state congress (LXII and LXIV Legislatures). In her second tour of duty in the state capital, she was the coordinator of the PVEM parliamentary group in the legislature. Meanwhile, she climbed the ranks in the PVEM, becoming technical secretary from 2011 to 2014 and secretary general from 2014 to 2017. Voters returned Ávila toPersonal
Ávila is married to her third husband and has four children, two from her first marriage. Two of her previous spouses were assassinated, in 2002 and 2005.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avila Serna, Maria 1973 births Living people Politicians from Ciudad Juárez Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 21st-century Mexican lawyers Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Chihuahua (state) Ecologist Green Party of Mexico politicians 21st-century Mexican women lawyers 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez alumni Members of the Congress of Chihuahua Deputies of the LXIII Legislature of Mexico 21st-century women lawyers