Anita Ortega is an American-Puerto Rican former basketball player and law enforcement officer.
She played college basketball at UCLA[1] where she won the 1978 AIAW championship.
She later played professionally in the Women's Professional Basketball League before starting a career as a law enforcement officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.
[2][3] In 1979, she played in the Pan American Games, representing Puerto Rico.
[citation needed] After the WBL folded in 1981, Ortega returned to the UCLA as an assistant coach.