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Mary Sally Matiella (nee Garza), born in Three Rivers, Texas, grew up as the child of migrant farmworkers. The family moved to Arizona when she was 6 months old. In between her junior and senior years at Pueblo High School, she took a summer job at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and met Airman Francisco Matiella, who would become her husband seven years later. Francisco suggested she go to college.
She earned a Regents' Scholarship into the University of Arizona, receiving a B.A. in 1973
Mary Sally Matiella
Mary Sally Matiella is a government official who served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), holding office from February 16, 2010 until February 27, 2014, when she resigned and was succeeded by Robert M. Speer.
In 2018, Matiella ran as a Democrat for the United States House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd congressional district. She placed third in the primary election, behind former U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick and former state representative Matt Heinz.
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