Nathalie Castillo | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 17 April 2022 –11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | District 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1983 |
| Party | Communist Party [1] |
| Alma mater | University of La Serena |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Irene Nathalie Castillo Rojas (born 2 July 1983) is a Chilean politician and journalist who serves as deputy. [2] [3] [4]
Castillo is leader of the Chilean Association of Journalists,where she served as president of the journalists of the Coquimbo Region and at the national level. [5] From 2021 to 2022,she was undersecretary of the National Council of that association. [5]
Professionally,Castillo has worked as a communications officer in the public and private sectors of her region. [5] She was Chief of Staff for the Ministry of Health of the Coquimbo Region. She also hosted the gender-focused radio program Mujeres Arriba on Radio Guayacán,a local media outlet. [5]
Although she was born in a mining camp in El Salvador,Castillo grew up in the Coquimbo Region. [5]
Castillo completed his primary education at School G- No. 327 in Manquehua (now Claudio Matte),Combarbalácommune,and continued his studies in the community of Tierras Blancas,La Serena. Then she graduated from high school at Colegio Calasanz in Coquimbo. [5]
She completed her degree in journalism at the University of La Serena. [5]
Castillo began her political career as a leader of the Federation of Students of the University of La Serena (FEULS). There she began a member of the Communist Youth of Chile (JJCC). [5]
As a member of the Communist Party of Chile (PC),she was a member of the Coquimbo Regional Committee and the Central Committee during the 2020–2024 term. [5]
For the 2021 parliamentary elections,the PC registered her candidacy for deputy for District 5,which cover the localities of Andacollo,Canela,Combarbalá,Coquimbo,Illapel,La Higuera,La Serena,Los Vilos,Monte Patria,Ovalle,Paiguano,Punitaqui,Río Hurtado,Salamanca,and Vicuña. [5]
She was elected with 12.304 votes,representing 5,20% of the total votes. [5] In the Chamber of Deputies,Castillo serves on the Permanent Committees on Water Resources and Desertification,as well as on Culture,Arts,and Communications. In this last one she was chair. [5]