Laura Raffo  María Laura Raffo (born 1982 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan economist, businesswoman and politician. She is a candidate for Intendant of Montevideo in the 2020 municipal elections of the Coalición Multicolor. Born in Montevideo, she attended primary school at the Lycée Français of Montevideo, graduated from the University of the Republic with a Bachelor's of Economics, and has a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Montevideo. She is the daughter of Marta Degeronimi and Juan Carlos Raffo, a Uruguayan politician and writer, who served as a Senator, a National Representative and Ministry of Transportation and Public Works. She has two siblings, Verónica and Juan Carlos. She worked as a columnist in the television program, "Código País", broadcast by Teledoce. Between 2004 and 2008 she worked for Microsoft. She also worked on the radio with Elmer Araujo. In 2016 she published the book "La Economía al alcance de todos (The Economy within everyone's reach").