Ada García Montes
Ada García Montes | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Mayagüez district | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2021 Serving with Migdalia González | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 21, 1979 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BA) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) |
Ada I. García Montes (born January 21, 1979) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for district IV.
Life
[edit]García was born January 21, 1979, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[1][2] She was raised in Rincón, Puerto Rico.[2] She has a younger sister.[1] García attended public school and completed a bachelor's degree in secondary education, dance, and theatre with a concentration in special education at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.[1][2] She earned a J.D. at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law.[1]
Before practicing as a lawyer, García worked for twelve years as a teacher in the Puerto Rico Department of Education.[1] She was a professor at the Center for Training and Fine Arts (C.A.B.A.) at the Ramey Air Force Base.[1] García is currently a notary lawyer admitted by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in 2018.[1]
A member of the Popular Democratic Party, García began her senatorial campaign in November 2019.[1] On January 2, 2021, she was sworn to the Senate of Puerto Rico for district IV.[1] She chairs the Tourism and Culture commissions and the Education Commission.[1] She is also the vice chair of the Agriculture Commission and the Western Development Commission.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Senado de Puerto Rico". senado.pr.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Jiménez, Lester (November 28, 2020). "Ada García Montes: "La gente pudo ver alguien con quien identificarse"". Noticel (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Living people
- 1979 births
- Popular Democratic Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus alumni
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico alumni
- Politicians from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women lawyers
- 21st-century Puerto Rican lawyers
- 21st-century Puerto Rican educators
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women educators
- 21st-century American women educators
- 21st-century American educators
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women politicians
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico