Patricia Mercedes Gómez Andrade (born 14 May 1971) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and psychologist who served as senator for Chuquisaca from 2015 to 2020.

[1] Gómez graduated as a practicing lawyer and psychologist[1] – with postgraduate diplomas in national women's rights legislation from Siglo XX University, Potosí; gender and domestic violence from Franz Tamayo University, Cochabamba; and couples' counseling from the Venezuela Center for Psychological, Psychiatric, and Sexological Research.

Between 1994 and 1995, Gómez worked as a legal assistant at the Juana Azurduy Center and was a facilitator for different programs sponsored by the organization throughout the mid-to-late 1990s.

[5][α] Gómez's political experience prior to that point was limited;[β] the nomination, rather, was a recognition of her prominence in regional women's organizations[5] – including faith-based ones, such as Catholics for the Right to Choose [es].

[10][δ] Led by Zamora – a skilled negotiator considered pragmatic toward the government[11] – the PDC in the Senate centered its focus on oversight [es] and foreign relations.

The party tapped Gómez to chair the chamber's International Policy Commission, a post she wrested control of from UD – the larger opposition front – with the votes of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS).

In September, she joined the MAS in approving amendments to the body's regulations, which – among other things – obligated senators with pending legal sentences in the appeals process to request temporary leave.