22 Facts About Rita Inos

Rita Hocog Inos was a Northern Mariana Island educator, activist and politician.

Rita Inos was a two-time candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, becoming the first woman to seek election to that particular office.

Rita Inos obtained her bachelor's degree in liberal arts from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1979.

Rita Inos then received a master's degree in educational anthropology from California State University.

Rita Inos obtained a second master's degree in school administration and supervision from San Jose State University in California in 1983.

Rita Inos finally earned a doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California in 1994.

Rita Inos began her career in education as a bilingual teacher at schools on Saipan and Rota in 1972.

Rita Inos became the director of programs and services at the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning nonprofit from 1990 to 1994.

Rita Inos was promoted to the deputy director of the PREL Western Pacific Center from 1994 until 1998.

Rita Inos later became the chairperson of the PREL's board of directors from 2004 to 2006.

Rita Inos served as the education commissioner of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System from June 1998 until December 2005.

Rita Inos authored a number of scholarly and educational publications related to education in the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia and the Pacific.

Rita Inos served as the board's chairperson from June 2006 until July 2008.

Additionally, Rita Inos was elected as a delegate from Rota in the Second Constitutional Convention of the Northern Mariana Islands in 1985.

Guerrero and Rita Inos were defeated in the 1997 election by fellow Republican Pedro Tenorio.

The Fitial-Rita Inos ticket ran under the Covenant Party banner, which Fitial had founded in 2001, the same year as the general election.

Benigno Fitial and Rita Inos lost to Republican Juan N Babauta in the 2001 general election.

Rita Inos died on August 10,2009, at the Commonwealth Health Center in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands at the age of 55.

Rita Inos was rushed to the hospital at approximately 2 AM the same day, but was pronounced dead after doctors failed to revive her.

Rita Inos had been suffering from cancer for sometime, specifically breast cancer, but had not been bedridden.

Rita Inos was survived by her husband, Cristobal Songao Inos, and daughter, Denise Lorraine.

Rita Inos was buried in the San Jose Cemetery in Rota on the same day.