In Public Service: Davila cites grit as key to success
Assembly member says she never gives up
Drug dealers know not to mess with Maritza Davila.
As a single mother raising her three children in a Bushwick apartment house several years ago, Davila mobilized her fellow tenants, and together they chased drug dealers out of the building.
“I knew my kids deserved to be safer and I was willing to fight for it,” she boldly told the Brooklyn Eagle.