Bessy Gallardo
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Bessy Gallardo | |
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 Bessy Gallardo in 2021. | |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 8th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1984 |
| Alma mater | University of the Americas (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Bessy Gallardo Prado (born 31 December 1984) is a Chilean feminist activist, law graduate, and independent politician.[1][2][3]
She served as a member of the Constitutional Convention between 2021 and 2022, representing the 8th District of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
Gallardo was born on 31 December 1984 in Santiago, Chile.[4] She is the daughter of Omar Gallardo Ulloa and Mireya Prado Ocaranza.[4] She is the mother of three children.[4]
She completed her primary and secondary education at Colegio Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, graduating in 2002.[4] She later studied law at the Universidad de Las Américas, from which she graduated as a law candidate.[4]
Professional career
Gallardo worked in the retail sector before becoming involved in social activism.[4] She served as vice president of the NGO Red Infancia Chile, an organization dedicated to the promotion and defense of the rights of children and adolescents.[4] She was also legal director of the Fundación Honra, focused on the prevention of violence against women, until 2019.[4]
In addition, she has carried out community-based work in the Ferrocarril informal settlement in the municipality of Maipú.[4]