Margarita Ostolaza

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Professor Margarita Ostolaza is a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

Margarita Ostolaza was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico. After carrying out her graduate studies at New York University (NYU), she started teaching in the Cayey campus of the University of Puerto Rico where in 1986, she founded the Project for Studies of Women. Afterwards, she finished her doctoral studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her specialty is political sociology. In 1989, with the editorial assistance of Ediciones Huracán, she published her book "Política Sexual en Puerto Rico" (Sexual Policy in Puerto Rico).

Ostolaza teaches at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus. A former member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), professor Ostolaza was elected Senator from the district of San Juan in the 2000 elections as a candidate of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP). During her only term in the Senate, she chaired the Committee on Education, and the Committee on Science and Culture. In 2004, she was unsuccessful in her reelection bid, when she and her running mate, Sen. José Ortiz Dalliot were succeeded by current senators Roberto Arango and Carlos Díaz.

Ostolaza has thrown her hat in the ring for Senator at-large in the PDP's March, 2008 primaries and appears in the #12 slot in the PDP primary ballot.

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• Margarita Ostolaza 2008 Campaign Site (In Spanish)

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