Rogelio Figueroa was the 2008 gubernatorial candidate for the Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party

The Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party is a Puerto Rican political party which tenets are citizen participation, sustainable development, effective administration, and quality of life...

 (PPR) party, a registered political party in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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He attended the Rafael Rocca School in Naguabo

Nagüabo, Puerto Rico

Naguabo is a municipality in Puerto Rico located in the east coast of the island, north of Humacao; south of Río Grande and Ceiba; and east of Las Piedras. Naguabo is spread over 8 wards and Naguabo Pueblo...

 graduating in 1981. In 1986 he graduated Magna cum Laude in Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering

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 at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez in Spanish , is a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant state university located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico...

. In 1988 he obtained his Masters in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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