Eguiluz was born on 29 August 1974 in
Salto, Uruguay and became interested in politics as a teenager. Her parents are María Juana Laxague and Jesús Humberto Eguiluz. In May 2002, Eguiluz received a Master's degree in Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Democracy in
Latin America from the
University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. She studied a PhD in Law at the
University of the Republic (Uruguay). As a politician of the centre-right
Colorado Party (Uruguay), Eguiluz was Director of Youth and Sports for the
Salto Municipality from 2004 to 2005. Eguiluz was a member of the
Vamos Uruguay faction furthest to the
right within the Colorado Party. During this period, Eguiluz was
Pedro Bordaberry's first alternate in the Senate when he took charge of the
Uruguayan Football Association and had to request a leave of absence from Parliament. Eguiliuz was elected as Member of the
Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay for Salto in the
2009 Uruguayan general election. From July 2010 to February 2015, Eguiluz served as Secretary General of the Salto Municipality. In March 2013, Eguiluz participated in the
International Visitor Leadership Program (ILVP) exchange programme "Women in Action: Promoting Women's Issues in the Political System," representing her country on a tour in the United States. Eguiluz became National Deputy of the Colorado Party in 2015. Whilst serving as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay, and after the findings of the
UNICEF report "Panorama of Violence Against Children in Uruguay 2017," Eguiluz proposed unifying bills which had been drafted to prevent the abuse and murder of children. Eguiluz declared herself an independent politician in 2017, resigning from her executive positions in the Colorado Party structure. She remained in her elected position until the end of her parliamentary term in March 2020. In August 2021, Eguiluz joined the
right-wing populist political party
Cabildo Abierto, which was founded in 2019. Eguiluz founded the Éxodo del Siglo XXI group within the party in November 2021. In 2023, she defended Cabildo Abierto's campaign to reform the
Uruguayan Constitution. In 2024, Eguiluz ran as a candidate, and became leader of Cabildo Abierto in the Salto Municipality. In 2025, she endorsed nationalist
Carlos Albisu's campaign for election as mayor of Salto == References ==