Nilsa Cruz-Perez
Nilsa Cruz-Perez (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician who was sworn into office to represent the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate on December 15, 2014, to fill the vacant seat of Donald Norcross.[2] Cruz-Perez served in the United States Army from 1981 to 1987, she was stationed in Mainz, Germany and attained the rank of sergeant.Cruz-Perez works as a part-time community development specialist for the Camden County Improvement Authority.[6] Cruz-Perez was the primary sponsor of Bill S2599 which seeks to change the legal term of "illegal alien" to "undocumented foreign national.In addition to her legislative duties, she is also a vice-chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (since 2015) and a member of the Rutgers University–Camden Board of Directors (since 2014).