Paula Carrasco
Chilean basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paula Carrasco (born January 17, 1994) is a Chilean basketball player from Valparaíso city. She plays in club Sportiva Italiana de Valparaíso and is part of the Chile women's national team.
Paula Carrasco | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Chile | |
| Assumed role 18 September 2024 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Irina Karamanos (2023) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1994 Valparaíso, Chile |
| Political party | Broad Front |
| Domestic partner(s) | Gabriel Boric (Since 2024) |
| Education | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Basketball player |
Biography
She comes from Valparaíso and was born on January 17, 1994.[1] She is the youngest of four brothers.[2] At the age of 8, she started to play basketball in Brisas club from La Florida.[2]
She studied and graduated from University of Chile in environmental chemistry.[3]
She is a player from club Sportiva Italiana de Valparaíso, at the position of shooting guard and occasionally point guard[3]
Since February 2023, she has been working in the climate change department of the ministry for the environment, in the section of mitigation and transparency.[3] More specifically, she works on the inventory of greenhouse gases in Chile.[3]
In November 2023, she participated in the Santiago Panamericans Games with the basketball national team.[3] At that time, she shared the difficulty of finding balance between motherhood (she has a son), her professional career and high performance sport.[3]
In September 2024, president Gabriel Boric and herself made their relationship public.[4]
References
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