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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Maria del Carmen Arroyo |
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Bronx, New York , United States |
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| Contributor | nystate63 |
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| Info | Maria is the third child seven of children born to Pablo and Carmen Arroyo. She was born in Corozal, Puerto Rico, and lived in Puerto Rico until the age of seven years old. Between 1964 and 1965, her family moved to the Bronx.
Maria attended elementary school at P.S. 154 in the South Bronx, Junior High School in Harlem and two years of high school at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan. Maria dropped out of high school in her sophomore year and went to work on a full-time basis to assist with her family's financial responsibilities. At the age of twenty she enrolled in a High School Equivalency program and obtained her GED in 1978.
In 1979, Maria married Ricardo Antonio Aguirre. Ricardo is a partner in the law firm Codelia, Aguirre and Socorro. They have two children, Omi Davina and Ricardo, Jr. Omi is currently serving a four-year tour of duty as an active member of the United States Marine Corps. Ricardo Jr. is a senior at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA and is expected to graduate with a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 2005.
While working as a receptionist at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Maria realized that she loved to help people in need. At the same time, she realized that without a college education, she would not be able to make a difference in the service delivery system she worked in. Therefore, she enrolled at Hostos Community College to pursue her higher education goals.
Maria graduated from Hostos Community College with an Associate in Arts in January 1989 and immediately enrolled at Lehman College to pursue a bachelor's degree. She graduated from Lehman, CUM LAUDE, with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Service Administration in January 1991. Immediately thereafter, Maria enrolled at the New York University, Robert Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, where she obtained a Master of Public Administration in 1994.
Maria is an experienced administrator with nearly twenty years of progressive managerial and administrative experience. She served as the Senior Director of Operations for the Narco Freedom, Inc., Division of Health Care Services and as volunteer Executive Director of the South Bronx Community Corporation. Both organizations provide much needed services to residents of the South Bronx community where Maria was raised.
Service with a passion is Maria's motto. "Our people deserve no less".
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