Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz

Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, aka Javi, is the current mayor of Villalba, Puerto Rico. He has been holding office since 2013.[1] He is one of the youngest mayors of Puerto Rico.[2] Hernández graduated with a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. He also studied International Law and European Community Law from the Ortega & Gasset Foundation in Toledo, Spain. He also holds a bachelor's degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico. On November 16, 2019, his wife and the mother of their two daughters died after being diagnosed with Leukemia.[3]