Mariela Serey

Mariela Serey
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency6th District
Personal details
Born (1980-12-22) 22 December 1980
PartySocial Convergence
ProfessionSchool teacher

Mariela Serey Jiménez (born 22 December 1980) is a Chilean primary education teacher and independent politician.[1]

She served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 6th electoral district of the Valparaíso Region.[1][2]

Biography

Serey was born on 22 December 1980.[1] She is the daughter of Wenceslao Serey Serey and Sonia Jiménez Vea.[1] She is married to Felipe Baeza Daroch.[1]

She completed her secondary education in 1998 at the Scuola Italiana Arturo Dell’Oro in Valparaíso.[1] She later studied Primary Education Teaching, qualifying as a General Basic Education teacher.[1][3]

She has worked professionally as a teacher in the municipalities of Valparaíso and Villa Alemana.[1]

Public career

Serey is an activist and the founder and president of the caregivers’ association Yo Cuido, which supports people caring for individuals with functional diversity.[1]

In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, she ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 6th electoral district of the Valparaíso Region, on a Social Convergence Party slot within the Apruebo Dignidad electoral pact.[1] Her campaign slogan was “For a caring state”. She received 11,842 votes, corresponding to 3.61% of the validly cast votes.[1][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Mariela Serey Jiménez". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Independiente y vocera de las cuidadoras: Mariela Serey lanza su candidatura a constituyente". Diario La Quinta. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Mariela Serey, profesora y activista, lanza su candidatura a constituyente por la Región de Valparaíso". El Desconcierto. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Entrevista a Mariela Serey: los derechos de los cuidadores en la nueva Constitución". Flacso. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Mariela Serey, convencional electa y fundadora de Yo cuido: "Debemos dejar el cuidado como base en la Constitución, como centro de la vida"". Nada Sin Nosotras. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.