Karen Araya Rojas
Karen Araya | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 June 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | Santiago Metropolitan Region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1979 |
| Party | Humanist Party Communist Party[1] |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Octavio Araya Erika Rojas |
| Alma mater | Cardinal Silva Henríquez Catholic University (BA) |
Karen Araya Rojas (born 25 September 1979) is a Chilean politician who served in the Constitutional Council.[2]
She completed her secondary education in 1998 at the DUOC Foundation.[3] She later enrolled in a program in Primary Education with a specialization in Language at the Raúl Silva Henríquez Catholic University, where she trained as a primary school teacher.[3] She has also received professional training in School Coexistence and educational community management.[3]
For more than fifteen years, she has worked as a teacher for students in grades five through eight.[3] She currently teaches Language at the municipal school Colegio Las Lilas in the La Florida commune.[3]
Biography
She was born on 25 September 1979 in Santiago.[3] She is the daughter of Octavio Araya Muñoz and Erika Rojas Valenzuela.[3] She is divorced and the mother of three children.[3]
Political career
She began her political involvement as a member of the Humanist Party and in 2013 joined the Communist Party of Chile.[3] She served as president of the Teachers’ Association (Colegio de Profesores) in the La Florida commune and previously held the position of secretary general within the same teachers’ union organization.[3]
In the elections held on 7 May 2023, she ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing the 7th electoral district of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, as a member of the Communist Party of Chile within the Unidad para Chile electoral pact.[3] According to the Electoral Qualification Court (TRICEL), she was elected with 494,436 votes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Karen Araya (PC): La única ganadora de este domingo es la derecha, sea cual sea el resultado". La Tercera. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ "Consejera Karen Araya (PC): El modelo subsidiario es el causante de la precarización de una vida de la mayoría". Diario Financiero. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Biographical profile". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026.