Character and Personality

Cruz was the first person to win Carnegie Mellon University’s “Spirit Award”, which is given to “the student with the greatest positive impact on the quality of life of their peers”.

Education and Experience

Cruz graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in political science from Boston University. Then she earned her MS in public management from Carnegie Mellon.

Prior to Cruz’s Mayoral run she was the director of human resources for Banco Popular, Colgate-Palmolive, Scotiabank, Cellular One, and the U. S.Treasury Department.

Politics

In 2008 Cruz who has affiliations with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), ran for the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and won.

She became Speaker in the Commission of Women’s Affairs shortly after the election.

Cruz’s 1012 Mayoral platform stressed progressive change regarding gender equality, universal healthcare, for disabled and LGBTQ rights at the same time drafting a bill to make “Hate Crime Awareness Day” an actual day. It still hasn’t passed.