Joanne Rodríguez Veve

Joanne M. Rodríguez Veve was born in San Juan on February 3, 1983. She attended the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, followed by a Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, from the university's School of Law. She later obtained a Master's degree in Canon Law from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain. She also pursued studies leading to a Master's degree in the History of Puerto Rico at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Professionally, she worked as a canon lawyer in ecclesiastical marriage annulment proceedings and also worked in the field of Human Resources, specializing in labor matters. Since her youth, guided by respect for the dignity of the human person, she has publicly advocated for the right to life from conception until natural death, opposed the death penalty, defended freedom of conscience and religion as fundamental human rights, and supported the right of political self-determination for Puerto Rico.