Migdalia Padilla Alvelo

Migdalia Padilla Alvelo is a Puerto Rican politician and the longest-serving senator in the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, representing the district of Bayamón since 2000. A member of the New Progressive Party, she became the first female senator for Bayamón and has historically chaired the Senate Finance Committee. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and a master's degree in school administration and supervision from the University of Phoenix.