Mariana Nogales Molinelli | |
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Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the At-large district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Humacao, Puerto Rico | October 26, 1973
Political party | Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico (BA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) |
Profession | Attorney |
Mariana Nogales Molinelli (born October 26, 1973) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, politician, and social activist. In 2020, she was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico for the Citizens' Victory Movement (MVC) party. She had previously ran as the Working People's Party of Puerto Rico's candidate for resident commissioner in the 2016 election; she received over 19,000 votes, and ended up in 4th place. She studied environmental sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, where she completed a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2006. In 2010 Mariana Nogales Molinelli earned a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She also received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission.[1][2]