Maria Frica Pangelinan
Northern Mariana Islands politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria "Frica" Tudela Pangelinan[1] (born December 5, 1948) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. She is the first female senator to serve in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.[2]
She graduated from the University of Guam in 1981 with a BBA. While attending college, she served as acting director of finance.[3] She was elected as a delegate to the CNMI's second constitutional convention.[4]
Pangelinan is a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands. In the 2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Pangelinan endorsed Republican incumbent Ralph Torres.[5]