A member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party, she formerly served as mayor of the city of Viña del Mar.

[2] Born on 16 July 1939 in Valparaíso, she lived in the Playa Ancha [es] area until age three, when her parents moved to Viña del Mar.

This validation of studies has been questioned for having been allegedly carried out in a day, and deputies filed a complaint against Reginato in 2013 for falsification of a public instrument, an accusation which was dismissed.

[4][5] During her youth she was a beauty queen five times – at the centenary celebrations of the Sixth Fire Company of Valparaiso, the Red Cross [es] carnival, the Società Canotieri Italiani, the Scuola Italiana kermesse,[6] and the first International Industrial Fair.

I was attending my family's stand and I came out queen by one vote, which was not bad, since it was put out in the defunct Valparaiso newspaper La Union.She married Juan Gray, with whom she had two children, Verónica and Ricardo.