Michelle De La Isla (born March 19, 1976) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 2018 to 2022.
[citation needed] In 2005, she moved to Topeka, Kansas, and joined Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. as its community relations and Spanish services coordinator, and later, its chief financial officer.
[6] On November 7, 2017, De La Isla won the Topeka mayoral race by a margin of 501 votes.
On January 6, 2020, De La Isla announced she was running as a Democrat to represent Kansas's 2nd congressional district.
[8] On August 4, De La Isla won the Democratic primary to advance to the November 3, 2020 general election.