Soraya Diase Coffelt (born August 29, 1958) is a lawyer and former judge of the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court.
[2] Soraya Diase Coffelt was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to lower-middle-class parents, who were small business owners.
[4][5] In 2014, she published her first book for children titled It's Not About You, Mr. Santa Claus- A Love Letter About The True Meaning Of Christmas.
[9] The supervisor of elections had initially disqualified the team, but they filed suit and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed their candidacy pursuant to Virgin Islands law.
[11] Diase-Coffelt was announced as the territory's attorney general on December 30, 2014, but resigned the post very shortly thereafter, stating that she would not serve as a "puppet" for Gov.