Myrna Colón-Contreras (born September 5, 1948) is a Puerto Rican academic administrator serving as president of the Adventist University of the Antilles.

Colón was born September 5, 1948, in New York City.^[1] She completed a B.A. in secondary education (1970) and a M.A. in school administration and supervision (1979) from the University of Puerto Rico.^[1] Colón married Agustin Contreras and they had a daughter.^[1] He died June 21, 1985.^[1] She earned an Ed.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) in curriculum and instruction at Andrews University.^[1] Her dissertation was titled, Hispanic Student Teachers' Practice Teaching in Cooperative Learning: Two Qualitative Case Studies.^[1] William H. Green was Colón's doctoral advisor.^[1]

While in college, Colón worked as a secondary teacher in Puerto Rico and Venezuela.^[1] She was a school principal from 1984 to 1986 and a superintendent from 1986 to 1989.^[1] She became an associate professor and director of the education department at Adventist University of the Antilles (AAU) in 1989.^[1] In February 1996, Colón succeeded interim president Israel Recio as president of AAU.^[2] She is the first female president of the university.^[2] Colón served in the role until June 2001 when she was succeeded by Myrna Costa.^[2] In 2012, she became the vice president of academic affairs at AAU. Colón became president of AAU for the second time on April 16, 2022.^[3] She succeeded Obed Jiménez.^[3]