What is Sabina Matos?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Sabina Matos, lieutenant governor of Rhode Island.jpg |name = Sabina Matos |office = 70th [[List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island|Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island]] |governor = [[Daniel McKee]] |term_start = April 14, 2021 |term_end = |predecessor = Daniel McKee |successor = |office1 = President of the [[Providence City Council]] |term_start1 = January 7, 2019 |term_end1 = April 13, 2021 |term_start2 = Acting: May 19, 2017 |term_end2 = December 21, 2017 |predecessor1 = David Salvatore |successor1 = John Igliozzi |predecessor2 = Luis Aponte |successor2 = David Salvatore |office3 = Member of the [[Providence City Council]]<br>from Ward 15 |term_start3 = January 2011 |term_end3 = April 13, 2021 |predecessor3 = Josephine DiRuzzo |successor3 = Oscar Vargas |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|13}} |birth_place = [[Paraíso, Barahona|Paraíso]], [[Dominican Republic]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Patrick Ward |children = 2 |education = [[Rhode Island College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Sabina Matos''' (born February 13, 1974) is a Dominican-American politician. She is the 70th [[List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island|lieutenant governor of Rhode Island]] since April 2021. Sabina Matos is the first Afro-Latina lieutenant governor and the first Dominican-American to hold state-wide office in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2021/04/14/sabina-matos-sworn-states-first-lieutenant-governor-color/7218238002/|title=Sabina Matos sworn in as Rhode Island's first lieutenant governor of color|first=Amy|last=Russo|work=The Providence Journal|date=April 14, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cranstononline.com/stories/mckee-picks-matos-for-lg-cites-inspirational-story,160352|title=McKee cites LG pick's 'inspirational' story|work=Cranston H