Paula Frías Allende

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Frías and the second or maternal family name is Allende.

Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992)^[4] was an educator and humanitarian who was the daughter of Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.^[5][6][7] After her death, her mother started a foundation to continue works in Paula's name.

Paula Frías Allende
Born	22 October 1963 Santiago, Chile
Died	6 December 1992(1992-12-06) (aged 29) California, U.S.
Occupation	Psychologist, educator, humanitarian[1]
Nationality	Chilean[2][3]
Spouse	Ernesto Diaz
Parents	Isabel Allende
Relatives	Allende family
Website
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Life

Paula Frías worked as a humanitarian for impoverished communities located in Venezuela and Spain, using her skills as an educator and psychologist. She married Ernesto Diaz in Venezuela, in 1991.^[8]

Illness and death

In 1991, Paula went into a coma after complications of porphyria had hospitalised her.^[9] An error in medication resulted in severe brain damage, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Her mother had her moved to a hospital in California and later to her home, where she died at the age of 29 on 6 December 1992.^[10]

Foundation and memoirs

Isabel Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on 9 December 1996, in homage to her daughter. Her autobiographical book Paula is dedicated to her.^[11] The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."^[12]