Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Afro-Puerto Rican attorney (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (born March 13, 1955) is an Afro-Puerto Rican attorney who is a current Member of the Puerto Rican Senate, elected on November 3, 2020, and who previously served as the head of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico from 2012 to 2014. She was the first black woman, and third female, to head the organization. She is a feminist and human rights activist, who is also openly lesbian. She has received many awards and honors for her work in the area of women's rights and human rights, including the Capetillo-Roqué Medal from the Puerto Rican Senate, the Martin Luther King/Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Prize, and the Nilita Vientós Gastón Medal. She is a practicing attorney and serves on the faculty of several universities in Puerto Rico; she currently serves on the Advisory Committee on Access to Justice of the Puerto Rican Judicial Branch.
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | |
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Minority Leader of the MVC Senate delegation. | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Member of Puerto Rican Senate from at-large district | |
Assumed office January 2, 2021 | |
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Born | (1955-03-13) 13 March 1955 (age 69) Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Political party | Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana |
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Known for | first Afro-Puerto Rican woman to head the bar association |