# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nydia-m-velazquez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:46:34.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nydia-m-velazquez"
name: "Nydia M. Velázquez"
slug: "nydia-m-velazquez"
description: "Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 7th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1993 to 2013, prior to redistricting. She chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus from 2009 to 2011. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress."
tagline: "American politician (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             21.40715743372794
  historical:           13.02371466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1100
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/NydiaVelazquez"
    handle:    "NydiaVelazquez"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/8037068318"
    handle:    "8037068318"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://velazquez.house.gov"
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    handle:    "@nydiavelazquez"
    followers: 1100
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    title: "نيديا ام. ڤيلازكويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
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    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
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  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
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    title: "Nydia Velázquez"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump