Marcela Pini
Marcela Pini (born 1972) is a Uruguayan activist, psychologist and teacher. Pini is one of the first three transgender people to have earned a college degree in Uruguay.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Pini was born in 1972.[1] In the 1990s, she attended school to study psychology, but dropped out when she began to transition.[2] After dropping out, Pini earned money as a sex worker.[2][1] Pini went back to school at the Universidad de la Republica in 2013 and earned her degree in psychology three years later.[2][1] She is one of the first three transgender women to have earned a college degree in Uruguay.[1] Pini is now a faculty member at the Universidad de la Republica.[3]
Pini works to support and expand rights for transgender people in Uruguay and is a member of Unión Trans in Montevideo.[4] She has worked to support the law protecting transgender people, the Ley integral para Personas Trans.[5]
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