Celeste Sánchez Romero

Celeste Sánchez Romero
Celeste Sánchez Romero
Federal deputy for Durango
	In office; 1 September 2021 – 22 February 2022
Personal details
Born	8 February 1990; Durango City, Durango State, Mexico
Died	21 February 2022 (aged 32); Durango, Durango, Mexico
Political party	PT
Occupation	Dentist

Celeste Sánchez Romero (8 February 1990 – 21 February 2022) was a Mexican dental researcher and federal deputy from the Labor Party (PT) in the first six months of the LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Prior to becoming a legislator, she was an academic researcher.

Education and research

Sánchez Romero graduated from the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango in 2013 with a degree in dentistry.^[1] She obtained master's and doctorate degrees from the Piracicaba Dental Faculty [pt] of the State University of Campinas in Brazil.^[1] She later became an adjunct faculty member of the Universidad de la República in Uruguay and had 47 scientific articles published in indexed publications.^[1] In 2020, she was designated a Level I researcher in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.^[2]

Political career

In 2021, she was elected to serve as a proportional representation federal deputy from the Labor Party out of the first electoral region (which includes Durango), taking the PT's only seat from that region.^[3] She served as secretary on the Science, Technology and Innovation Commission and also sat on the Health and Youth commissions.^[1] On the Health Commission, she was involved in debate over reforms to GMO labeling requirements.^[4]

Personal life and death

Sánchez Romero was found dead in her Durango home on 21 February 2022, at the age of 32.^[5] An autopsy revealed pulmonary aspiration to be the cause of death.^[6] That Friday, she had been in Durango to participate in a forum on proposed changes to laws governing the electricity sector.^[4] The Durango Attorney General's Office later announced that her death was a suicide by overdose, citing as evidence a suicide note and a syringe that had been found with her body.^[7]

She was replaced by her alternate, María de Jesús Paéz Guereca, in the Chamber of Deputies.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Perfil del legislador" [Legislator Profile]. Secretariat of the Interior, Legislative Information System. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ Chávez, Juan Carlos (4 July 2021). "Celeste Sánchez, destacada investigadora duranguense" [Celeste Sánchez, noted researcher from Durango]. Victoria de Durango (in Spanish).
^ Zepeda, Aurora (22 August 2021). "Comisión de Prerrogativas reparte diputaciones plurinominales" [Prerogatives Commission doles out proportional representation seats]. Excélsior (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b "Fallece a los 32 años la diputada Celeste Sánchez Romero" [Deputy Celeste Sánchez Romero dies at 32]. Infobae. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ Reyes, Yvonne (21 February 2022). "Hallan sin vida a Celeste Sánchez, diputada federal del PT y odontóloga de 32 años" [Celeste Sánchez, 32-year-old PT federal deputy and dentist, found dead]. Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "Diputada Celeste Sánchez murió por broncoaspiración; descartan feminicidio" [Deputy Celeste Sánchez died due to bronchoaspiration; femicide ruled out]. Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
^ "Diputada Celeste Sánchez dejó una nota antes de ser hallada sin vida, revela fiscal de Durango". Milenio (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Muere la diputada del PT Celeste Sánchez Romero" [PT deputy Celeste Sánchez Romero dies]. Azteca Noticias (in Spanish). 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[sil-1] "Perfil del legislador" [Legislator Profile]. Secretariat of the Interior, Legislative Information System. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[2] Chávez, Juan Carlos (4 July 2021). "Celeste Sánchez, destacada investigadora duranguense" [Celeste Sánchez, noted researcher from Durango]. Victoria de Durango (in Spanish).

[3] Zepeda, Aurora (22 August 2021). "Comisión de Prerrogativas reparte diputaciones plurinominales" [Prerogatives Commission doles out proportional representation seats]. Excélsior (in Spanish).

[infobae-4] "Fallece a los 32 años la diputada Celeste Sánchez Romero" [Deputy Celeste Sánchez Romero dies at 32]. Infobae. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[5] Reyes, Yvonne (21 February 2022). "Hallan sin vida a Celeste Sánchez, diputada federal del PT y odontóloga de 32 años" [Celeste Sánchez, 32-year-old PT federal deputy and dentist, found dead]. Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[6] "Diputada Celeste Sánchez murió por broncoaspiración; descartan feminicidio" [Deputy Celeste Sánchez died due to bronchoaspiration; femicide ruled out]. Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

[suicide-7] "Diputada Celeste Sánchez dejó una nota antes de ser hallada sin vida, revela fiscal de Durango". Milenio (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[8] "Muere la diputada del PT Celeste Sánchez Romero" [PT deputy Celeste Sánchez Romero dies]. Azteca Noticias (in Spanish). 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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