Lorena Pizarro

Lorena Pizarro Sierra (born 14 February 1966) is a Chilean politician who currently serves as deputy.

Family and early life She was born in Santiago on 14 February 1966, the daughter of Waldo Pizarro Molina, a leader of the Communist Party of Chile who was forcibly disappeared, and Sola Sierra Henríquez, a human rights activist who served as president of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared (AFDD) between 1977 and 1999.

She is married to Nelson Donato Guzmán, the son of Jaime Donato Avendaño, a trade union leader and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party who was detained during the 1976 Calle Conferencia case and whose whereabouts remain unknown. She is the mother of two daughters.

Professional life She completed her secondary education at Santa Gema Galgani School in 1983. She later enrolled at the Silva Henríquez Catholic University —then known as Universidad Blas Cañas— where she studied early childhood education, graduating in 1991.

Political career She is a member of the Communist Party of Chile.

Since 2003, she has served as president of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared (AFDD).

She was a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in the November 2013 parliamentary elections for the 20th electoral district, comprising the communes of Estación Central, Cerrillos and Maipú. She obtained 62,702 votes, representing 12.78% of the valid votes cast, and was not elected.

In the parliamentary elections held on 19 November 2017, she again ran for the Chamber of Deputies, this time in the 8th electoral district, which included the communes of Colina, Lampa, Tiltil, Quilicura, Pudahuel, Estación Central, Cerrillos and Maipú, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. She received 12,137 votes, equivalent to 2.86% of the valid votes cast, and was not elected.

In November 2021, she was elected deputy for the 13th electoral district —comprising the communes of El Bosque, La Cisterna, Lo Espejo, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, San Miguel, and San Ramón— in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. She was elected representing the Communist Party of Chile within the Apruebo Dignidad coalition for the 2022–2026 legislative term, obtaining 20,858 votes, equivalent to 8.71% of the valid votes cast.