Jasmin Santana is a Cleveland City Council member representing Ward 14. The first Latina member, [1] she serves as majority whip. [2]
Santana was born in Cleveland at MetroHealth around 1979. [3] [4] She graduated from Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools and Lincoln West High School. [5] Her mother is a native of Puerto Rico. [6] Santana has two teenage children. [7]
Santana developed a breast cancer outreach program at MetroHealth. [3]
In 2017, Santana was elected to Cleveland City Council in Ward 14. [2] She was named majority whip in 2021. [8] She advocates for Spanish language access [2] and a more coordinated welcome for immigrants. [9] [10] She advocated for CentroVilla25, a multi-stalled market that ends the food desert in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. [11]