During her university years,she worked as an academic assistant in several courses,including Organization Theory,Sociological Theory and Structure of Chile,and Project Formulation and Evaluation. She also collaborated with the Summer School of Government and Political Science in its 2013 and 2014 editions.[4]
She participated as a research assistant in a FONDECYT Initiation project and collaborated with the Organizing Committee of the 9th Conference of the Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (INPAE). She also took part in various academic activities and international conferences,including the “30th Model of the Organization of American States for University Students”.[4]
Biography
She was born in San Antonio on 11 March 1991. She is the daughter of Luis Rojas Gálvez,a construction worker,and Gabriela Valderrama Álvarez,a dressmaker.[4] She completed her primary and secondary education at Colegio Nuestra Señora de Pompeya in San Antonio,graduating in 2008.[4]
In 2009,she enrolled in the Public Administration program at the School of Government and Public Management of the University of Chile,where Rojas obtained her degree. She later completed a Master’s degree in Public Management and Public Policy at the same university.[4]
Political career
She began her political participation in student spaces in 2006 as a member of her school’s student council in San Antonio and took part that same year in the secondary student mobilizations known as the “Penguin Revolution”.[4]
In 2011,she participated in the university student movement and joined Autonomous Left (IA). That year,she was elected as a councillor of the Federation of Students of the University of Chile (FECh),representing her school. In 2012,she served as councillor for the Institute of Public Affairs,and in 2013,as delegate of the Public Administration Student Center to the FECh.[4]
Between 2014 and 2016,she was a member of the University Senate of the University of Chile,serving on the Institutional Development,Structures and Academic Units,and Special University Consultation committees.[4]
In November 2015,she was elected president of the Federation of Students of the University of Chile,leading the “Creando”list. During the same period,she served as spokesperson for the Confederation of Students of Chile (CONFECh).[4]
On 14 January 2017,she was proclaimed a pre-candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 7 of the Valparaíso Region,representing the Izquierda Autónoma Movement. She formalized her candidacy in August of that year as an independent on the Party for Equality list within the Frente Amplio pact.[4]
In July 2021,she assumed the position of Secretary General of the Comunes Party. In August of that year,she presented her candidacy for re-election within the Apruebo Dignidad pact,representing that party.[4]
In the parliamentary elections held on 21 November 2021,she was re-elected Deputy for the same district,obtaining 17,798 votes,corresponding to 4.99% of valid votes cast,for the legislative term 2022–2026.[4]
In July 2024,she joined the Frente Amplio Party,formed through the merger of parties within the same political bloc.[4]
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