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.
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]