Migdalia I. González Arroyo (born August 4, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician serving as a member of the

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for district IV.

Life

González was born August 4, 1973, in

Añasco, Puerto Rico Añasco (, ), named after one of its settlers, Don Luis de Añasco, is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the west coast of the island bordering the Mona Passage to the west, north of Mayagüez, and Las Marias; south of Rincón, ...

to Ernesto González Ernesto González Piña and Migdalia Arroyo Negroni. She earned a bachelor's degree in industrial microbiology at the

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM ...

. She also completed the teacher preparation program with a speciality in biology. González earned a M.B.A. with a specialization in strategic management and leadership from the

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. She is currently completing a doctorate in the business development program with a specialization in human resources at the

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. She worked for the

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. She later served as the regional administrator for the

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- Mayagüez. A member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), she was elected November 3, 2020 and took office in 2021. In February 2023, she announced her campaign to be the second vice president of the PPD.

References

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