Paula Frías Allende
Chilean psychologist, daughter of Isabel Allende
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Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992)[4] was a Chilean educator and humanitarian who was the daughter of Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.[5][6][7] After her death, her mother started a foundation to continue humanitarian works in Paula's name.
Paula Frías Allende | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 October 1963 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 6 December 1992 (aged 29) California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Psychologist, educator, humanitarian[1] |
| Nationality | Chilean[2][3] |
| Spouse | Ernesto Diaz |
| Parents | Isabel Allende |
| Relatives | Allende family |
| Website | |
| isabelallendefoundation | |
Life
Paula Frías worked as a humanitarian for impoverished communities located in Venezuela and Spain, using her skills as an educator and psychologist. She married Ernesto Diaz in Venezuela, in 1991. She was a Roman Catholic, unlike her mother, like it is stated in the novel she wrote about her.[8]
Illness and death
In 1991, Paula went into a coma after complications of porphyria had hospitalised her.[9] An error in medication resulted in severe brain damage, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Her mother had her moved to a hospital in California and later to her home, where she died at the age of 29 on 6 December 1992.[10]
Foundation and memoirs
Isabel Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on 9 December 1996, in homage to her daughter. Her autobiographical book Paula is dedicated to her.[11] The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."[12]