Johanna López (born February 18, 1972, in

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a Aguadilla barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of ...

) is an American politician. She is the representative for District 43 in the

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. Lopez has a

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in Hispanic Studies from the

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and a

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in Hispanic Studies; Higher Education, from the

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. She was the first Latina to serve on Orange County's school board.

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