--- description: Find out how Izkia Siches Pastén is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2021 TIME100 Next: Izkia Siches Pastén image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7664a2369e6aaf4/698a1741b21a9c07755048b8/time100-next-Izkia-Siches-Pasten.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Feb 16, 2021 # Izkia Siches Pastén by Michelle Bachelet  CH01\. SANTIAGO DE CHILE (CHILE), 07/03/2019.- FLa doctora chilena Izkia Siches habla durante una entrevista con Efe el 6 de marzo en Santiago de Chile. Siches se convirtió con 31 años en la primera mujer en presidir el Colegio Médico de Chile (Colmed) y ahora, tras dos años de mandato, duda si presentarse a la reelección porque su decisión, según afirmó en una entrevista con Efe, está condicionada por su "maternidad". EFE/Alberto Valdés CH01\. SANTIAGO DE CHILE (CHILE), 07/03/2019.- FLa doctora chilena Izkia Siches habla durante una entrevista con Efe el 6 de marzo en Santiago de Chile. Siches se convirtió con 31 años en la primera mujer en presidir el Colegio Médico de Chile (Colmed) y ahora, tras dos años de mandato, duda si presentarse a la reelección porque su decisión, según afirmó en una entrevista con Efe, está condicionada por su "maternidad". EFE/Alberto ValdésAlberto Valdés—EFE/Shutterstock At only 34, Dr. Izkia Siches Pastén has already shown amazing leadership and enormous potential. In 2017, she became the first woman to hold the national presidency of Chile’s Colegio Médico, a highly influential medical union, in its almost 70-year history—and this January, her diligence and clear messaging on matters of public health helped her win a second three-year term leading the group. She will continue her work as a member of Chile’s COVID-19 Social Roundtable, playing a crucial role in framing an inclusive, nationwide response to the pandemic. Her empathy, capacity and credibility also led to public discussion of a possible presidential run, an option that she has ruled out for the moment. But millions of Chilean voters share her dreams of a modern health service, giving all hope that Izkia is here to stay. _Bachelet is the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former President of Chile_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937736/izkia-siches-pasten/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937736/izkia-siches-pasten/"},"headline":"Izkia Siches Pastén","datePublished":"2021-02-16T23:33:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:47:42.803Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937736/izkia-siches-pasten/","keywords":["list","franchise","TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7664a2369e6aaf4/698a1741b21a9c07755048b8/time100-next-Izkia-Siches-Pasten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7664a2369e6aaf4/698a1741b21a9c07755048b8/time100-next-Izkia-Siches-Pasten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937736/izkia-siches-pasten/","name":"Izkia Siches Pastén"}}]}] ```