Lilly Rosas is a Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático) member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, representing District 19. Rosas, whose full name is Lilibeth Rosas Vargas, was first elected in the November 2024 general election, winning the seat with about 41 percent of the vote in a five-candidate race, and took office in January 2025. District 19 covers Mayagüez and San Germán in western Puerto Rico.1
Before entering the legislature, Rosas spent more than 25 years in public service, mostly in the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources and the Department of Economic Development and Commerce. Rosas is married to Efraín De Jesús, a former judge who previously represented District 19 in the House.
Rosas sits with the Popular Democratic Party minority in the House. Rosas serves as the party’s spokesperson on the House committees on cooperativism, on the western region, and on small and medium-sized businesses.
