Marcela Sandoval
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Marcela Sandoval | |
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| Minister of National Assets | |
| In office 16 August 2023 – 6 January 2025 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Javiera Toro Cáceres |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Figueroa |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 2 March 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Renato Garín |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1974 Arica, Chile |
| Party | Democratic Revolution |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Marcela Paz Alejandra Sandoval Osorio (born 9 February 1974) is a Chilean actress who served as Chile's Minister of National Assets from August 2023 to January 2025.[1][2][3][4]
She grew up in Graneros and completed her secondary education at Colegio Nuestra Señora de Graneros and at Sagrado Corazón School in Rancagua. She studied journalism at the University of Santiago, Chile (USACH), where she earned her professional degree, and later completed a master’s degree in Hispanic American Literature at the same institution.
She undertook postgraduate diploma programs in gender, culture and sexuality (2000–2001), as well as a diploma and postgraduate certification in qualitative methodologies for psychosocial research (2009–2010), both at the University of Chile. She also completed training in women’s rights and political participation in 2013 through the IVLP program, Women in Action.
In her professional career, she worked as a journalist for the Servicio de Salud Metropolitano del Ambiente between 1998 and 2003. From 2003 to 2007, she served as a researcher and later as head of advertising studies at the Servicio Nacional del Consumidor (SERNAC). In the field of human rights, she worked at the Human Rights Center of the University of Chile and at the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). She later served as head of communications and institutional relations at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights between 2014 and 2017.