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]
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]
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]