Adriana Cancino | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 –4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 16th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1962 |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Adriana Cancino Meneses (born 22 June 1962) is a Chilean teacher and independent politician.
She served as a member of the Constitutional Convention,representing the 16th District of the O'Higgins Region. She coordinated the Preamble Commission. [1]
Cancino was born on 22 June 1962 in Placilla,near San Fernando,O'Higgins Region. [1] She is the daughter of JoséDomingo Segundo Cancino Salinas and María Adriana Meneses Orellana. [1]
She completed her primary and secondary education at the British College of San Fernando and qualified as a teacher. [1]
Between 1997 and 2001,she worked as a teacher in the city of Rancagua,particularly at Colegio Infantes de O'Higgins. [1] Since 2011,she has served as the teacher in charge of the CRA (School Resource Center) at Escuela Básica F-461 in Cunaco. [1]
Cancino is an independent politician. [1] Since 2016,she has been a member of the Agrupación de la Discapacidad de Nancagua,where she serves as secretary. [1] [2] [3]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021,she ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 16th District of the O'Higgins Region,in a quota of the Socialist Party as part of the Lista del Apruebo pact. [1]
She obtained 3,731 votes,corresponding to 2.63% of the valid votes cast,and entered the Convention through the gender parity mechanism. [1]