Nitza Morán
Nitza Morán | |
|---|---|
 Morán in 2021 | |
| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the San Juan district | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2021 Serving with Juan Morales Rodríguez | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Romero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nitza Morán Trinidad February 17, 1970 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | New Progressive Party |
| Alma mater | Assumption University (BA) University of New Haven (MS) |
Nitza Morán Trinidad (born February 17, 1970) is a Puerto Rican politician and businessperson serving in the Senate of Puerto Rico for district I since 2021. She is president of the Progressive Women of San Juan. Morán was the president of the Merchants Association of La Placita for 19 years.
Life
[edit]Morán was born on February 17, 1970, in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Iris Maria Trinidad and Miguel Angel Morán.[1] She graduated from a private high school in Santurce where she was a member of the National Honor Society.[1] She was completed a bachelor's degree in biology at the Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] She completed a master's degree in forensic science with a concentration in criminology and serology at the University of New Haven.[1]
Morán worked at the Ponce Health Sciences University where she researched HIV.[1] She returned to San Juan to join her family's businesses and became involved in the local business community around La Placita de Santurce.[1] She was president of the Merchants Association of La Placita for 19 years.[1] A member of the New Progressive Party, she was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico in November 2020 to represent district I. She is president of the Progressive Women of San Juan.[2] Morán is both Catholic and pro-choice.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Senado de Puerto Rico". senado.pr.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Gómez Álvarez, Stephanie (2021-01-03). "Caras Nuevas en la Legislatura: Nitza Morán". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ De Jesús, Geisha (2022-05-13). "Nitza Moran, la senadora que afirma ser católica pero apoya el aborto". Buenas Nuevas. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- Living people
- 1970 births
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women politicians
- New Progressive Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
- Assumption University (Worcester) alumni
- University of New Haven alumni
- Politicians from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Roman Catholics
- Republican Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
- 21st-century American women scientists
- Puerto Rican women scientists
- 21st-century Puerto Rican businesspeople
- 21st-century Puerto Rican businesswomen
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico