Photos by Brian Birzer and Amitava Sarkar.

“All my work is to put my faith into action, with Love as a community leader to improve the quality of life for families at my pool, my park, and my city.”

Ofelia Zapata is an advocate for teaching others to fight for holistic justice which includes inequities in every social aspect that excludes the poor and most vulnerable to a quality of life, dignity and respect regardless of where we live in Austin.