By: Trevor Loudon
Editor: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Take the Fight to the Progressives and the Enemies Within! KeyWiki.org Page: http://keywiki.org/index.php/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez
Election Facts for 2014:
• Party – Democrat
• State – New York
• Location – New York 7
• First Elected – 1992
• Candidates in 2014:
Nydia Velazquez – D – Undeclared/Unknown
No Declared Opposition Listed
Nydia Margarita Velazquez is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 12th District of New York. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a former Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Background
Velazquez was born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico in 1953. At the age of 16, she entered the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1974 with a degree in Political Science. After earning a Master’s Degree on scholarship from NYU, Velazquez taught Puerto Rican studies at CUNY’s Hunter College in 1981.

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