Jasmin Santana


Jasmin Santana is a Cleveland City Council member representing Ward 14. The first Latina member, she serves as majority whip.
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Early life and education

Santana was born in Cleveland at [The The MetroHealth System|MetroHealth System|MetroHealth] around 1979. She graduated from Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools and Lincoln West High School. Her mother is a native of Puerto Rico. Santana has two teenage children.
Santana developed a breast cancer outreach program at MetroHealth.

Political career

In 2017, Santana was elected to Cleveland City Council in Ward 14. She was named majority whip in 2021. She advocates for Spanish language access and a more coordinated welcome for immigrants. She advocated for CentroVilla25, a multi-stalled market that ends the food desert in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.