Laura María Garro Sánchez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garro and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Laura María Garro Sánchez
Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
2014–2018
ConstituencyHeredia, Costa Rica
Personal details
BornCosta Rica
Political partyCitizens' Action Party
ProfessionFinance, political activist

Laura María Garro Sánchez is a Costa Rican educator and a current deputy from Heredia in the Legislative Assembly.

Education

Garro studied business at the National University of Costa Rica.[1] She earned a Master's in business administration from the Autonomous University of Central America.[1]

Business career

One of Garro's stated goals is to improve tourism in Puntarenas, such as the Tourists' Boulevard

Garro worked for 25 years in public banking and finance.[1]

Political career

Garro is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials). She has been a provincial secretary, cantonal president, and party congressional participant.[1]

While running for mayor of Puntarenas in 2006 for PAC, Garro said that she wanted to improve tourist infrastructure in Puntarenas. She also wanted to create better opportunities for citizens.[2] She lost the election.

Garro was elected deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 2014.[3] At the time of her election to deputy, Garro was 62 years old.[4] She will serve alongside Henry Mora Jiménez, another PAC member also from Heredia.

She became second pro-secretary of the Legislative Assembly on 1 May 2014.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ojo al Voto: Laura María Garro Sánchez". media consortium voting guide (in Spanish). San Jose: Ojo al Voto. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ Villalobos, Carlos (27 November 2006). "Candidatos a alcalde: Cantones de Puntarenas". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ^ "RESULTADOS ELECTORALES EN MAPA ELECTORAL". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose. 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Candidatos a Diputado". Semanario Universidad (in Spanish). 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  5. ^ Rupturas y últimos amarres complicaron elección de presidente legislativo Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine La Nación, 2014-05-01 (in Spanish)