Born and raised in Michigan and attended Northwestern University. Upon graduating, Hochkammer moved to Ecuador and met her husband there. She has lived in Ecuador for 15 years to connect with the culture of the country while raising her three daughters there. In 2009, Hochkammer’s husband decided to move his headquarters to Miami. When it came to deciding where to live, Hochkammer and her family based their criteria on the following: living forty-five minutes from the airport, a nice backyard and having her children attend public school. These requirements led to one result: Pinecrest.
When she first came to Pinecrest, she didn’t know anyone. Later on, she would become PTSA President for Miami Palmetto Senior High School. Within her time as PTSA President, she pushed for working to connect with legislators and even attended many council meetings. Bob Ross term ended his District 1 seat resulting in Hockammer in running for that seat. From them on, she knocked on hundreds of doors and worked many hours to end up winning the election for her seat.
One of Hochkammer’s biggest things she advocates for is Equal pay. Hochkammer says that since the law was passed in the 1970s, very little effort has been made to make it a reality. Hockammer says that she has talked to many people who work in various departments in the village to understand the significant issue of gender gap pay and equal pay. Once elected, she worked with the village to create a workplace environment to shrink the gender pay gap. As soon as her resolution was passed, other municipalities such as Palmetto Bay started to follow along and later the village started to push for the county to make equal pay countywide.
What many people don’t know about Hockammer is that she is a terrible liar, played sousaphone, a king of tuba, in a marching band, enjoys traveling a lot to places like Madagascar, Egypt, most of Asia and Africa and beyond.
All and all, Hockammer says that as an individual Council member, she must connect with the people and those who disagree with her and be able to help out. For the entire village, there has been a push for the infrastructure to be upgraded since its major issue in the village as well as 800 homes under well wall that haven’t connected with city water. Before this interview, the village opened a newly renovated Coral Pine Park and recently invested to renovate the town center. Many of the projects such as schools and roads that Hockammer and her council pay come from bonds. This, all with her life, and her impact on the council has shaped to change the dynamic of Pinecrest.
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