{{Short description|Chilean politician (born 1989)}} {{family name hatnote|Rojas|García|lang=Spanish}}{{Infobox officeholder |image = File:Jennifer Rojas García.jpg |office = Regional Presidential Delegate of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica |term_start = {{start date|2021|7|14}} |term_end = {{end date|2022|3|11}} |predecessor = |successor = Luz Bermúdez Sandoval |office2 = Intendant of the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region |term_start2 = {{start date|2020|9|22}} |term_end2 = {{end date|2021|7|14}} |predecessor2 = José Fernández Dübrock |successor2 = |birth_date = {{start date and age|1989|3|12}} |party =Renovación Nacional |occupation = Social worker and politician |alma_mater =Universidad de Magallanes }} '''Jennifer Carolina Rojas García''' is a social worker and politician, member of Renovación Nacional (RN). Between July 2021 and March 2022, she served as Presidential Delegate for the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, under the presidency of Sebastián Piñera.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gob.cl - Región de Magallanes |url=https://www.gob.cl/regiones/region-de-magallanes/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Gobierno de Chile |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conozca a la Intendenta |url=http://www.intendenciamagallanes.gob.cl/autoridad/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Intendencia de Magallanes y Antártica}}</ref>
==Education== She graduated as a social worker from the University of Magallanes and later obtained a diploma in Human Resources Management and Direction from the Mariano Egaña University and a postgraduate degree in Social Mediation of Family Conflicts from the University of Chile.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chile |first=C. N. N. |title=Nombran a Jennifer Rojas como intendenta de Magallanes tras renuncia de José Fernández |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/jennifer-rojas-garcia-asume-intendencia-magallanes_20200921/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=CNN Chile |language=es}}</ref>
==Career== Rojas worked as a social worker in the Magallanes Health Service and the Municipality of Punta Arenas.
Between 2012 and 2015, she served as regional director of the National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption (SENDA) and later held the position of regional coordinator of public security for the Magallanes Region, until 2020. On September 22 of that year, she was appointed by President Sebastián Piñera as mayor of the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, after the resignation of José Fernández Dübrock due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Rojas García asume como la nueva intendenta de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena – Meridional Radio |url=https://meridionalradio.cl/jennifer-rojas-garcia-asume-como-la-nueva-intendenta-de-magallanes-y-la-antartica-chilena/ |access-date=2022-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-18 |title=Collection System Professional Profile: Jennifer Rojas |url=https://www.cwea.org/news/collection-system-professional-profile-jennifer-rojas/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=California Water Environment Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
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