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Wanda Milagros Soto Tolentino (born June 4) is a Puerto Rican politician serving as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for district VII.
Life
Soto was born June 4 in Humacao, Puerto Rico to Juan A. Soto Díaz and Sonia Tolentino Torres. She completed elementary and high school inLas Piedras, Puerto Rico. She earned a B.A. in business administration with a concentration in management and human resources from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao.
In 2002, she was director and accountant of the Las Piedras center for the aged. A musician, she recorded a record, "Con eterno Amor" in 2004. Her second recording, "Trayectoria" was released alongside her first book, Lágrimas detrás del Púlpito. In 2011, she was director of the legislative office of senator Itzamar Peña Ramírez. For seven years, she directed the division of rural operations of a bank.
In the general election on November 3, 2020, Soto, a member of the New Progressive Party, was elected senator for district VII. She assumed the office on January 2, 2021. Her district was among those damaged by Hurricane Fiona in 2022.