Carolina Tello

Carolina Tello Rojas (born 1 October 1985) is a Chilean politician who currently serves as deputy.

Biography Tello was born in Santiago on 1 October 1985. She is the daughter of Juan Tello Contreras and Ana Rojas Lavín. She is single and the mother of one daughter.

She completed her secondary education at the Liceo Carmela Carvajal de Providencia in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. She later studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, where she obtained a licentiate degree in Legal Sciences in 2013 with a thesis titled Advertising and transparency in the National Congress.

She was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Chile on 11 April 2014.

She holds diplomas in Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, and in Parliamentary Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, as well as a diploma in Human Rights from the University of La Serena.

Political career She is a feminist leader and a member and former director of the Association of Feminist Women Lawyers of Coquimbo (ABOFEM), a role she assumed in December 2019. She also served as a member of its Legislative Commission and acted as a spokesperson during the 2019 social protests.

She was a member of the Constitutional Commission of the Communist Party of Chile.

In 2021, she ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the Communist Party for the 5th District of the Coquimbo Region, with the support of various territorial organizations. Her candidacy was rejected by the Electoral Service of Chile.

In August 2021, she registered her candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing the Communist Party of Chile within the Apruebo Dignidad pact for the 5th District of the Coquimbo Region—comprising the communes of Andacollo, Canela, Combarbalá, Coquimbo, Illapel, La Higuera, La Serena, Los Vilos, Monte Patria, Ovalle, Paihuano, Punitaqui, Río Hurtado, Salamanca, and Vicuña. She was elected in November 2021 with 12,231 votes, equivalent to 5.16% of the valid votes cast.

On 30 April 2024, she announced her incorporation into the parliamentary caucus of the Frente Amplio, thereby ending her membership in the Communist Party.

Since July 2024, she has been a member of the Frente Amplio party.