Paula Carrasco

Paula Daniela Carrasco Carrasco (born 17 January 1994) is a Chilean professional basketball player, environmental chemist, and public servant. She plays for Sportiva Italiana de Valparaíso and is a member of the Chile women's national team. Since 2024, she has been the domestic partner of Gabriel Boric, former President of Chile, although she did not assume the role of First Lady.

Biography She comes from Valparaíso and was born on 17 January 1994. She is the youngest of her parents' five children, having four older brothers. At the age of eight, she started to play basketball in Brisas club from La Florida. Since February 2023, she has been working in the climate change department of the ministry for the environment, in the section of mitigation and transparency. More specifically, she works on the inventory of greenhouse gases in Chile. At that time, she shared the difficulty of finding balance between motherhood and her professional career and high performance sport. In December 2024, Carrasco and Boric announced that they were expecting their first child together. Carrasco has a son from a previous relationship.