Carol Bown
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Carol Bown | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait (2018) | |
| Mayor of San Miguel | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2024 | |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 15th District |
| Undersecretary of Childhood | |
| In office 12 April 2018 – 6 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the charge |
| Succeeded by | Blanquita Honorato |
| Undersecretary of Carabineros de Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 28 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Javiera Blanco |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the charge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1978 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
| Spouse | Nicolás Terrazas |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Ronald Bown María Teresa Sepúlveda |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Carol Cecilia Bown Sepúlveda (born 30 September 1978) is a Chilean political who currently serves as mayor of San Miguel, a commune of the capital city, Santiago.
She was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.[1][2][3][4][5]
During part of the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018−2022), she was Undersecretary for Childhood,[6][7][8][9][10][11] institution linked to the Social Development Minister.
Bown was born on 30 September 1978 in Santiago, Chile, to Ronald Steve Bown Fernández and María Teresa Sepúlveda Rodríguez. She completed her primary and secondary education at Colegio Los Andes in Vitacura, graduating in 1996.[12]
In 1997, she enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, completing her legal studies in 2001 and later qualifying as a lawyer.[12]
She subsequently pursued postgraduate studies, earning a master’s degree in public policy from Universidad del Desarrollo (2006–2007) and a master’s degree in law from Georgetown University in the United States (2007–2008).[12]
Professional career
Before holding senior public office, Bown worked as a parliamentary legislative adviser and as a legal adviser to the municipalities of Huechuraba and Curacaví.[12]
Her professional career has been closely linked to public administration and legislative work.[12]