Biography
Adriana Gutiérrez Colón was born on June 5, 1989 in San Juan as the youngest of 4 siblings.
Gutiérrez Colón earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of the Americas from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. She subsequently earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law while working as a waitress. She also participated in the Human Rights Clinic at the Interamerican University. She subsequently studied at the Autonomous University of Chiapas School of Law in Mexico.
The office of Senator María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón served as her first contact with legislative work, and eventually, from 2017 to 2024, she was recruited as a legislative advisor to Representative Denis Márquez Lebrón. Upon her arrival, Márquez Lebrón entrusted her with the important and comprehensive task of translating into a bill the PIP’s historic proposal for the establishment of a universal healthcare system in Puerto Rico, as well as a number of legislative measures on key issues such as the environment, gender violence, social and labor justice, among others.
Since 2021, Gutiérrez Colón has headed the PIP’s Secretariat of Women and Gender Affairs, and after the 2024 elections, the electoral stage was set for her entry into the Legislature as a Representative at Large.