Yasmín Mejías Lugo is a
Puerto Rican actress, comedian, singer, politician and former
Senator
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. She was a member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005.
Mejías is famous for her performance of
Dominican maid ''Altagracia'', a character who starred in the show ''Entrando por la Cocina'', a show that started in 1986 and ran for 16 years. At that show,
Pedro Juan Texidor played her husband, "Tato". Mejías has also appeared in several other shows. She is also a known theater actress in the island.
In
2000
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, Mejías was elected to the
Senate of Puerto Rico for the
District of Carolina. In 2003, she presented her candidacy for reelection, and won her party primaries. However, at the
2004 general elections, she lost to the candidates of the PNP,
Lornna Soto and
Héctor Martínez Maldonado.
Mejías has been married to singer Marcos Malory since the 1990s. They have one son together: Cristian Emanuel. She is currently working as coordinator of two community programs: Llave, for drug users; and Vivienda Transitoria, for
homeless people
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.
Marcos Malory y Yasmín Mejías unidos por Dios
on '' Primera Hora''; Tirado, Frances (March 12, 2010)
References
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Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Living people
20th-century Puerto Rican actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico