She served as Arizona State Senator for District 26 from 2007 until 2008, when she declined to run for re-election.
She is currently the Justice of the Peace for Pima County Precinct Four, which she was elected to in 2016.
[1] Pesquiera was born in Los Angeles, California and moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971.
She is also the co-owner of the National Institute of Contract Management, LLC.
[1] Pesquiera is married to Garrett Burner and has a son, Korey.