Keren Riquelme | |
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![]() Riquelme in 2020 | |
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the at-large district | |
In office September 8, 2020 –January 2, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Aníbal JoséTorres |
Personal details | |
Born | Keren L. Riquelme Cabrera Camuy,Puerto Rico |
Political party | New Progressive |
Other political affiliations | Republican |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (BA) Vision International University (DBA) |
Keren L. Riquelme Cabrera is a Puerto Rican politician serving as a member at-large of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
She earned a Bachelor in languages from University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a Doctor of Business Administration from Vision International University in Euless,Texas. A member of the New Progressive Party,Riquelme was elected in 2020,defeating Aníbal JoséTorres. Before been a senator she was a professor in the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla. [1] In 2022,she presented a plan to stop the exodus of medical doctors from the island. [2]
On August 14,2025,Keren Riquelme was appointed by governor Jenniffer González as Director for the Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development. [3]
Riquelme is the daughter of pastor and science teacher Carmen G. Cabrera. [4]