At the age of 18 in 1972, she began dating Sebastián Piñera, who was her neighbor in the Avenida Américo Vespucio, in the eastern sector of Santiago.

[citation needed] As First Lady, Cecilia Morel has been appointed chair of a number of Chilean organisations.

President was granted the rank of Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and his wife, the Dame Grand Cross of the same.

[citation needed] In November 2011, she welcomed Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Princess Letizia of Spain at the opening of an exhibition of the work of the Spanish photographer Chema Madoz in Santiago.

[3] Following the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, Piñera and Morel gave a press conference before the start of the rescue operation on 12 October 2010.