Carolina Sepúlveda Sepúlveda

Sepúlveda was born on 6 June 1980 in San Carlos, Ñuble Region.^[1] She is the daughter of Heriberto del Carmen Sepúlveda Faúndez and María Elisa Sepúlveda Sepúlveda.^[1]

She studied chemical civil engineering at the University of Concepción (UdeC).^[1] At the same institution, she obtained a Master’s degree in Integrated Management: Environment, Occupational Risks, and Corporate Social Responsibility, and later earned a PhD in Agricultural Engineering.^[1]

She has worked as a lecturer at the UdeC.^[1] She has also developed professional work in research, teaching, and the application of renewable energies in agriculture at the Agricultural Development Institute (INDAP), within the framework of a cooperation agreement between that institution and the Ministry of Energy.^[1]

Sepúlveda was a member of the Non-Neutral Independents movement.^[2]

In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, she ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 19th electoral district of the Ñuble Region as part of the Independents of Ñuble for a New Constitution electoral pact, receiving 6,993 votes (4.5% of the validly cast votes).^[1]

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