Joanne Rodríguez Veve

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Veve.

Joanne Marie Rodríguez Veve (San Juan, Puerto Rico; born February 3, 1983) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. She currently serves as at-large senator at the 28th Senate of Puerto Rico (2025–2029), representing the Proyecto Dignidad party.^[1] She was elected during the 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election and is the first senator of the party.^[2]

Joanne Marie Rodríguez Veve
Rodríguez in 2021
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the at-large district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2, 2021
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	(1983-02-03) February 3, 1983 (age 42) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political party	PD
Children	2
Education	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BA; JD) Pontifical University of Salamanca (LLM)
Occupation	Politician lawyer

Education

Rodríguez Veve earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Then she completed a Master's Degree in Canon law from the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Spain, and has studied History of Puerto Rico at the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean^[3]

Professional career

She has worked as a lawyer for ecclesiastical processes of matrimonial nullity and in the Human Resources field, specializing in labor matters management.

In 2020, she announced that she would be running for a seat at the Senate of Puerto Rico at-large under the Proyecto Dignidad party. She ended up at second place with 88,716 (7.33%) votes^[2] and was sworn in as Senator on January 2, 2021 with the rest of the elected senators.^[4]