Nathalie Castillo

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. From 2021 to 2022, she was undersecretary of the National Council of that association.

Professionally, Castillo has worked as a communications officer in the public and private sectors of her region. 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.

Although she was born in a mining camp in El Salvador, Castillo grew up in the Coquimbo Region.

Castillo completed his primary education at School G- No. 327 in Manquehua (now Claudio Matte), Combarbalá commune, and continued his studies in the community of Tierras Blancas, La Serena. Then she graduated from high school at Colegio Calasanz in Coquimbo.

She completed her degree in journalism at the University of La Serena.

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).

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.

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.

She was elected with 12.304 votes, representing 5,20% of the total votes. 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.

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