Karen Román is a New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista) member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, representing District 4. The district, which takes in western municipalities including Mayagüez, Aguadilla and Moca, elects two senators. Román, whose full name is Karen Michelle Román Rodríguez, was one of the two winners of the New Progressive Party’s four-candidate primary for the district in June 2024 and was elected in the November 2024 general election alongside fellow party nominee Jeison Rosa Ramos. Román took the oath of office for the first time in January 2025 for the term that runs through 2028.1
Román is a pastor and serves as part of the New Progressive Party majority that took control of the Senate in January 2025.
