Nitza Quiñones Alejandro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiñones and the second or maternal family name is Alejandro.
Nitza Quiñones Alejandro
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 19, 2013
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byRichard Barclay Surrick
Personal details
BornJanuary 1951 (age 75)
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
PartyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico (BBA, JD)
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Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro (born January 1951) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Quiñones Alejandro is the first lesbian Latina to be appointed to serve as a federal judge.

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