Sofía González Cortés

Sofía Alejandra González Cortés (born 29 September 1987) is a Chilean speech therapist, educator (M.Ed.), and politician affiliated with the Communist Party of Chile.

She served as the Presidential Delegate of the Valparaíso Region from March 2022 to November 2024 during the administration of President Gabriel Boric.

González was born in Valparaíso and raised in the commune of Quillota. Daughter of two schoolteachers, she completed her secondary education at Colegio Francisco de Miranda in Quillota.^[1]

She pursued a degree in Speech Therapy at the University of Valparaíso, graduating in 2010 and specializing in child language development, diagnostics, and rehabilitation.^[2]

González has worked in inclusion programs across public schools, rural institutions, and high schools throughout the Valparaíso Region.

She began her political involvement as a student leader in high school and university, eventually serving as president of her program's student union. During this period she became active in the Communist Party of Chile.

In the 2016 municipal elections, she ran as an independent candidate for the Quillota municipal council under the Nueva Mayoría coalition, receiving 0.78% of the vote.

She ran again for municipal council in 2021, this time for the commune of Hijuelas and as a Communist Party member, serving as the party's Regional Political Secretary for Valparaíso.

Later in 2021, González ran for the Chamber of Deputies in District 6 under the Apruebo Dignidad coalition, focusing her campaign on feminism, environmental issues, inclusion, and local development.^[3] She received 12,320 votes (3.47%), not securing a seat.

On 28 February 2022, President-elect Gabriel Boric announced González as the incoming Presidential Delegate of the Valparaíso Region. She took office on 11 March 2022, becoming the second woman to hold the top executive office in the region and the first to do so under the title “Presidential Delegate”.

She resigned from her position on 15 November 2024 to run as a candidate in the 2025 parliamentary elections and was succeeded by fellow Communist Party member Yanino Riquelme.