Ofelia Fernández

Ofelia Fernández was born on 14 April 2000,^[4] as the daughter of a musician father and a bureau de change employee mother.^[5] She attained her high school degree at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini.^[6][7] At High school she became the school's youngest president of the student body and the first one to be re-elected.^[4] As a student body president she got often involved in student strikes.^[8]

As an activist and feminist, Fernández participated in the demonstrations in support of the legalization of abortion in Argentina,^[9] and spoke at the commission-level debate during the treatment of the 2018 bill at the National Congress.^[10] Fernandez was also the youngest speaker at the G20 counter-summit organized by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences in November 2018.^[11]

Fernández was the third candidate in the Peronist Frente de Todos coalition's party list for the City Legislature 2019 election.^[12] She cast her first vote during the Primary elections in August.^[10] She was elected to the city legislature on 27 October 2019,^[3] commencing her legislative term on 10 December of the same year.^[13] Following her election to the legislature, Fernández was then highlighted by various sources as "the youngest legislator in Latin America."^[10][13]

Fernández is a member of Vamos, a left-wing group organized within the Patria Grande Front.^[2] Within the City Legislature, she sits in the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.^[14]

During the 2023 election, she supported Juan Grabois for the presidency in the Unión por la Patria primary. Juan Grabois and Sergio Massa agreed a common list for national and citywide legislators and Fernández was left out.^[15]