# Mariela Castro Espín

> She runs Cuba's National Center for Sex Education and campaigns for LGBT rights in a country where her father and uncle ruled for decades - turning state power toward a cause the revolution once suppressed.

*Cuban activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mariela-castro-espin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Born:** 1962-07-27
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Mariela Castro Espín was born 27 July 1962 to Raúl Castro and Vilma Espín, a feminist and revolutionary, making her niece to Fidel Castro. She became director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana and later led the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People. Her work centers on dismantling stigmas around the LGBT+ community in a system her family built. The daughter of a Communist Party First Secretary, she turned institutional access into advocacy for a population the state once marginalized.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #64

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5100443/ (@nm5100443)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [مارييلا كاسترو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [مارييلا كاسترو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Mariela Castro](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro Espín](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro_Esp%C3%ADn)
- [Mariela Castro](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [ماریلا کاسترو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Mariela Castro](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Кастро, Мариэла](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [Mariela Castro](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Маријела Кастро](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [Mariela Castro Espín](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro_Esp%C3%ADn)
- [Мариела Кастро](https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [Mariela Castro](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [Mariela Castro](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariela_Castro)
- [玛丽拉·卡斯特罗](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%9B%E4%B8%BD%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E7%BD%97)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253736)
- [Mariela Castro Espín](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4496693)

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