Gabriela "Gigi" Coletta is an American politician who represents District 1 on the Boston City Council.

She then attended the University of Massachusetts Boston, graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science.

[3] Coletta's first involvement in politics was as a volunteer for Obama's re-election campaign while she was attending college.

When Edwards took her seat on the Boston City Council, she hired Coletta as her chief of staff, a position she held for three and a half years.

[3] Gabriela Coletta ran in a special election campaign against Tania del Rio to fill in former councilor Lydia Edwards seat.