Magaly Fuenzalida

Magaly Fuenzalida Colombo (born 22 October 1980) is a Chilean journalist and politician, affiliated with the Social Green Regionalist Federation (FRVS).

She was a member of the Expert Commission created to draft a preliminary constitutional text during the 2023 Chilean constitutional process.

Biography She was born in Valparaíso in 1980, the daughter of Manuel Fuenzalida Machucay and Magaly Colombo Díaz. She is partnered with Marcelo Reyes Stevens, a computer engineer and member of the Communist Party, with whom she has one son, Darío.

She studied journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (2001–2005). In 2008, she obtained a Diploma in Communication and Public Policy at the University of Chile. She later undertook an academic stay at the Complutense University of Madrid and in 2013 completed a Diploma in Community Management at Instituto Arcos.

Professional career Fuenzalida has worked mainly in communications, with emphasis on internal and strategic communication. From 2010 to 2013, she was communications officer of the National Association of Chilean Customs Officials.

From 2014 to 2018, she served as advisor to the Christian Democratic caucus in the National Congress of Chile. From 2018 to 2022, she was press officer of the FRVS caucus in the Chamber of Deputies, and since 2022 has worked with the FRVS caucus in the Senate.

Constitutional process In January 2023, she was appointed by the Senate of Chile as a member of the Expert Commission, established by Law No. 21.533, responsible for preparing a draft for a new Constitution to be submitted to the Constitutional Council. Within the commission, she joined the Subcommission on Principles, Civil and Political Rights.