| Sila María González Calderón | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the At-large district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2005 |
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| First Lady of Puerto Rico (with María Elena González) | |
| In office 2001-2005 |
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| Governor | Sila Calderón |
| Preceded by | Irma Margarita Neváres |
| Succeeded by | Luisa Gándara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1965 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania University of Boston |
| Profession | Politician, Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sila María González Calderón (born May 3, 1965 on San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Senator. She is the daughter of former Governor of Puerto Rico Sila Calderón, and served as her First Lady, along with her sister, María Elena.
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Sila María González was born on May 3, 1965 on San Juan, Puerto Rico to engineer Francisco Xavier González and Sila Calderón. She studied elementary and junior high school at the Colegio Puertorriqueño de Niñas in Guaynabo, finishing high school at Saint John's School in Condado.
In 1987, she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Economy from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration on International Commerce from Wharton School of Economics. She continued studying law at the University of Boston, graduating in 1990. After passing the bar exam, she started working as an attorney on Massachussets.
Sila María González worked as Assistant Regional Counsel in the Superfund area of the Environmental Protection Agency in Boston. In 1992, she returned to Puerto Rico and obtained the license to practice law in the island, on Federal Court, and on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston.
She started working as a corporative attorney for the Ledesma, Palou & Miranda Law Firm, and then for O'Neill & Borges where she specialized in real estate and notary. She then worked for the Maldonado Nicolai Law Firm for two years, mostly on commercial closings for financial institutions.
In 2000, her mother, Sila Calderón was elected Governor of Puerto Rico, and Sila María was appointed by Calderón as her First Lady, along with her sister María Elena.
Sila María was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico on the 2004 general elections. She was reelected on 2008. During her time in the Senate, she has been the speaker for commissions on Education, Family Affairs, Treasury, Government, and Ethics.
In September 2011, González announced she wouldn't run for a third term in the Senate.[1] However, she later presented her candidacy for reelection.
Sila María González has three children from her first marriage. During her time as First Lady, she was in a relationship with reporter Ramón "Papo" Brenes.[2] She was also in a a brief relationship with fellow senator Héctor Martínez Maldonado.[3] In recent years, she has been in a relationship with businessman Manuel Rivera.[4]
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