Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez
State Senator; Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Miami Association of Realtors
Ana Maria Rodriguez is the State Senator for Florida’s 40th District which includes portions of Miami-Dade County and all of Monroe County. She was elected in November of 2020, and re-elected in 2022 for a second term. She served previously in the Florida House of Representatives’ 105th District from 2018 to 2020. Prior to being elected to the State House, she served on the City of Doral City Council from 2010 to 2018.
In her professional capacity, works as Chief of Strategic Initiatives for the MIAMI Association of REALTORS®, a role in which she works with the organization’s leaders to fight for home ownership, make housing more affordable, and to make communities more resilient to changes in the climate. She has spent her career advocating on behalf of the people of South Florida, both as a professional and as an elected leader.
As a State Senator, Ana Maria has worked on many issues that are important to improving the quality of life for all South Floridians. And, as the mother of school age children, Ana Maria has supported record funding for the public-school system and as well as school choice policies that empower parents to make decisions about their children’s education. She has fought to strengthen the economy and job market by keeping taxes low and reducing burdensome government regulations that make it harder for businesses to create new well-paying jobs. Additionally, she has sponsored legislation has to make healthcare more affordable and accessible and supported legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Ana Maria is a proud Miami native. Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, she attended St. Theresa Catholic School, graduated high school from Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, earned a B.S. degree in Communications from Florida International University, and earned an M.S. degree in Leadership from the Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University. Her husband, Dr. Clemente Canabal, is a native of Cartagena, Colombia. They live in Miami-Dade County with their two sons, Hermes and Eros.