Paula Carrasco
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.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Eurobasket. "Paula Carrasco, Basketball Player, News, Stats - latinbasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ a b "Quién es Paula Carrasco, la posible nueva pareja de Boric". Radio Pauta 100.5 (in Spanish). 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ a b c d e f Lucay, Carlos González (2024-01-22). "La basquetbolista que lucha contra el cambio climático y va por su sueño en Santiago 2023". La Tercera. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ Martínez, Roberto (2024-09-17). "Quién es Paula Carrasco, la nueva pareja del Presidente Gabriel Boric que lo acompañó en el Parque O'Higgins". La Tercera. Retrieved 2024-09-18.