Keren Riquelme

Keren Riquelme
Riquelme in 2020
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
from the at-large district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byAníbal José Torres
Personal details
Born
Keren L. Riquelme Cabrera

Camuy, Puerto Rico
Political partyNew Progressive Party

Keren L. Riquelme Cabrera is a Puerto Rican politician serving as a member at-large of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

Life

A member of the New Progressive Party, Riquelme was elected in 2020, defeating Aníbal José Torres. Before been a senator she was a professor in the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla.[1] In 2022, she presented a plan to stop the exodus of medical doctors from the island.[2]

Riquelme is the daughter of pastor and science teacher Carmen G. Cabrera.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Prevalece Keren Riquelme en la contienda del Senado por Acumulación". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  2. ^ "Senadora Keren Riquelme presenta medida para "detener el éxodo de médicos"". Periodico Vision (in Spanish). 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  3. ^ "Biography of Rev. Carmen G. Cabrera" (PDF). U.S. House of Representatives Document Repository. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2023.