Early life

Born in Puente Alto, Rojas's father worked in Movistar, a Chilean telephone company, and his mother was a homemaker. He studied Theater at the Universidad Mayor, but dropped out due to his family's financial situation. Later he would become a technician in aeronautical prevention, being hired in 2009 by airliner LAN (now LATAM), where he served as a cabin crew member. He later went on to work as a flight attendant for Jetsmart Chile.^[3]

Constitutional Convention

In May 2021, Rojas was elected as constituent for District 13,^[3][15] representing working class communes of southern Santiago.^[3]

Rojas's alleged cancer condition was met with empathy across the political spectrum, like fellow constituent Carol Bown of the right-wing UDI party,^[16][17] with whom he participated in dialogues organized by broadcaster Chilevisión.^[18][19]

In his September 2021 confession, Rojas said that several years before the election he had been diagnosed with a condition that carried a "great stigma" —which he did not reveal—, telling his family and friends that he had cancer.^[6] The scandal was covered by many international news outlets.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]} Similarly, he was denounced by the Convention's board led by Elisa Loncón and Jaime Bassa, president and vice-president of that organ.^[27]

On 8 September 2021, Rojas was expelled from "Pueblo Constituyente," the political force heir of the original List of the People.^[28][29]

On 20 September 2021, Rojas tendered his resignation to the Convention, despite the fact that, at the time, the Constitution did not permit resignations unless they were due to certified medical reasons as determined by the Constitutional Court.^[30]

On 11 March 2022, Rojas formally resigned from the Convention, coinciding with the publication of a constitutional reform passed by Congress to facilitate such resignations.^[31]