She previously served as Provincial Governor of Copiapóbetween 2016 and 2018 and coordinated the Convention’s Thematic Committee on Constitutional Principles,Democracy,Nationality,and Citizenship.
Biography
Portilla was born in Potrerillos on 4 January 1985.[5] She is the daughter of Claudio Eleno Portilla Olivares and Marisol Gladys del Carmen Barrios García.[5] She is unmarried.[5]
Portilla completed her secondary education at the Escuela Técnico Profesional of Copiapó,graduating in 2002.[5] She later studied law at the University of Atacama,qualifying as a lawyer,and obtained a master’s degree in law from the University of Chile.[5]
She has worked as a lecturer in Civil Law I and Human Rights at the Central University of Chile (La Serena campus),as an internal audit officer at the University of Atacama,and as a teaching assistant in the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the Central University.[5] She has also practiced law independently.[5]
Political career
Portilla is a member of the Communist Party of Chile and was previously active as a student leader.[5] Between 2014 and 2016,she served as Regional Secretary (Seremi) of Transport and Telecommunications for the Atacama Region.[5]
From 18 November 2016 to 11 March 2018,she served as Provincial Governor of Copiapó.[5]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021,Portilla ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 4th District of the Atacama Region,as part of the Apruebo Dignidad electoral pact for the Communist Party of Chile.[5] She obtained 10,141 votes,corresponding to 12.32% of the valid votes cast,and was elected as a member of the Convention.[5]
During the Convention’s proceedings,she served as coordinator of the Thematic Committee on Constitutional Principles,Democracy,Nationality,and Citizenship.[5]
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