Celina Babauta
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Celina Babauta | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from the 3rd district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from the 1st district | |
| In office 2021–2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Franklin[1] |
| Alma mater | Chaminade University |
Celina Roberto Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and incumbent Democratic member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate representing the 3rd district. Babauta was sworn into office on January 9, 2023.[1]
Prior to her service in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, Babauta served in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives during the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature.[2]
Babauta has degrees in criminology and criminal justice and management from Chaminade University. She is a native of Chalan Kanoa. She is married to Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Franklin Reyes Babauta, himself also a former CNMI legislator, with whom she has four children. She worked in banking in Saipan and Guam and as an executive assistant to governors Larry De Leon Guerrero, Froilan Tenorio, Pedro Tenorio, and Juan Babauta.[3]
