Background
Perza Rodríguez Quiñones was born in San Germán on July 14, 1957. She is the daughter of Perfecto Rodríguez Cabassa and Zaida Quiñones Suárez.
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Perza Rodríguez Quiñones was born in San Germán on July 14, 1957. She is the daughter of Perfecto Rodríguez Cabassa and Zaida Quiñones Suárez.
Perza completed her elementary and high school studies in her hometown. She then enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez where she completed a Bachelor"s degree in Business Management, graduating in 1979.
Rodríguez is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2005 to 2013. She also has two sisters: Sandra and Zaida del Carmen. In 1980, Perza began working for BAL Management Corporation in the administration of public housing buildings with federal funds (Housing and Urban Development).
She worked as administrator of a condominium called Joan Apartments, located in San Germán.
In 1988, Perza began working at her father"s business in Cabo Rojo. Rodríguez was hired to work at the Center of Collection of Municipal Taxes (CRIM) by Santos "San" Padilla as appraiser in the Mayagüez office.
She then became Regional Manager. Upon being elected at the 1996 general election, Padilla appointed Rodríguez as Deputy Mayor of Cabo Rojo.
Santos Padilla died of a massive heart attack on August 4, 2007.
Rodríguez became Interim Mayor until she was officially sworn as Mayor in August 16, 2007. The next year, she was officially elected at the 2008 general election. In 2012, Rodríguez was challenged by José "Chiquin" Morales at the PNP primaries, but she prevailed.
However, she was still defeated at the general election that same year.
In March 2013, Rodríguez announced she would open a restaurant in Cabo Rojo, near the Joyuda Lagoon. The restaurant, which will be called Perza"s Puerto Rican Food & Bar, will open on April 12, 2013.
Although she has hired two chefs, Rodríguez says she will occasionally cook herself.
