Notable FigureFemale
Mariela Castro Espín
born 1962
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMariela Castro Espín is the director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana, as well as the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People, and an activist for LGBT rights in Cuba. Castro is an outspoken advocate for the LGBT+ community as well as dissolving some of the antiquated stigmas and stereotypes that surround the community. She is the daughter of former Communist Party First Secretary Raúl Castro and feminist and revolutionary Vilma Espín, and the niece of former First Secretary Fidel Castro.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
July 27, 1962
Havana
Citizenship
Cuba
Occupations & fields
psychologistpedagogueuniversity teacherjournalistpoliticiansocial activist
- Field and occupation
- kubánská pedagožka, aktivistka na poli sexuální osvěty
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