Giovanna Roa
Giovanna Roa | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 10th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1986 |
| Party | Frente Amplio Democratic Revolution |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Profession | Designer |
Giovanna Roa Cadin (born 20 November 1986) is a Chilean designer and politician.[1]
She served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 10th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.[1][2][3]
Biography
Roa Cadin was born on 20 November 1986 in Santiago.[1] She is the daughter of Carlos Osvaldo Roa Valenzuela and Liliana Carla Cadin Cella.[1]
She completed her primary and secondary education at Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Niñas in Providencia, graduating in 2004.[1] She pursued higher education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile between 2005 and 2011, qualifying as a designer.[1]
Between April 2014 and July 2016, she served as chief of staff of the National Health Fund (FONASA).[1] Since 2018, she has worked as an associate researcher at the Organizational Engineering Center of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Chile.[1]
Political career
Roa Cadin began his career in the Democratic Revolution (RD) party.[1] In 2010, she served as vice president of the Student Federation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (FEUC), participating in the student movement.[1] She is co-director of the feminist cultural platform Ruidosa.[1]
In the 2017 presidential elections, she was executive director of the presidential campaign of candidate Beatriz Sánchez.[1] In the same year, she participated in the founding of the Broad Front coalition.[1] She also served as a parliamentary advisor to RD deputy Maite Orsini.[1]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, she ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 10th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region as a member of RD within the Apruebo Dignidad electoral pact,[4] receiving 3,875 votes (0.91% of the validly cast votes).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Giovanna Roa Cadin". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Giovanna Roa, candidata a constituyente: "El feminismo es una idea de país profunda, es justicia social e igualdad"". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Giovanna Roa (RD): "El feminismo va a ser a la nueva Constitución lo que el Estado subsidiario fue a la Constitución del 80"". La Tercera (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Giovanna Roa Cadin, candidata Constituyente de la lista Apruebo Dignidad (Distrito 10): "No basta decir que todos y todas tenemos los mismos derechos cuando estos están pensados y escritos por y para hombres"". Diario Constitucional (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.