Experience

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Panamá

• Panama
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  A. Vice President of the Permanent Council and of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, 2023; President of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, January – June, and President of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, 2022; Vice President of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs, 2021. B. President of the Permanent Council, January to March 2021; Period in which two resolutions were approved by consensus: “The Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines” and “The Situation in Haiti”. C. Proponent of the first Resolution approved by consensus by the Permanent Council since 2016: “Women’s Representation and Participation in the OAS”, March 12, 2020. D. Design and execution of the Project for the Transfer of the Diplomatic Headquarters and Recovery of the Residence of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the OAS, patrimony of the Panamanian State, 2020-2022; Creation and application of new procedures and good administrative practices for the transparent management of state resources; Design and Implementation of the Restructuring and Strengthening Plan of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the OAS Team, with capacities for technical-political analysis and the development of a substantive national agenda in the OAS. E. Positioning of Panamanian leadership in the instances of the Inter-American system, prioritizing the strategic objective of gender equality with the nomination and campaign of prominent Panamanian professionals. Show less



Gestión Social Panamá

• Panama
• Business Consulting and Services

• Consultant and Researcher

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2019

  A. Studies on Myths and Perceptions regarding the Political Participation of Women and the Intention to Vote for Women Politicians in Panama, 2019. PNUD-PS001108V21o6L Project. B. Accreditation Process of the Panamanian Association for Family Planning to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2018. C. Barú Opportunities. CSR Program of Barú Brewery Panama. Socio-Economic Study of employees and Pilot Plan, 2016-2018. D. Strategic planning of the De Sanctis Foundation, Five year plan 2017-2021 and Annual Operating Plan, 2018. E. The Time of Citizens. Report on the results of the ATENEA application. First Political Party Index of the UNDP Women’s Political Participation Monitoring System, Sept. 2014 – Mar. 2015. F. Barriers and Opportunities in the health care of rural and indigenous women with breast cancer in Panama, 2014. Qualitative study carried out for the international organization Susan G. Komen in the provinces of Chiriquí, Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas. G. Las Claras: Leading the potential of adolescent mothers in Panama. Conceptualization and technical design of the Pilot Project of Vital Voices – Panama, 2013-2014. H. Strategic Planning and participatory development of the Five Year Plan 2014-2018 of the Antonio Tagarópulos Foundation, 2013-2014. I. Qualitative evaluation of the impact of the social programs of the Nuestra Señora del Camino Foundation in San Félix and the Comarca Ngäbe Buglé, 2013. J. Review and critical analysis of the legal framework on Domestic Child Labor in Panama, 2013. Consultancy for ILO-Panama. K. Barriers and Opportunities in health care for women with breast cancer in Panama City, 2012. Qualitative study for the international organization Susan G. Komen for The Cure. L Definition of Priority Work Areas for the UNDAF 2012-2016. Consultancy for UNFPA-Panama 2012. Show less



Bernard & Roquebert

• Panama, Panama

• Lawyer and Consultant

  • Dec 1989 - Jul 2017



Nutrinet.org Foundation

• Consultant for the United Nations World Food Programme and Executive Director

  • 2009 - 2011

  A. Installation of the regional headquarters of the Nutrinet.org Foundation in Ciudad del Saber and recognition as a social interest organization by the Ministry of Social Development of Panama. B. Formulation and management of cooperation projects to promote the Nutrinet Virtual Academy, a permanent training system in food and nutrition security for LAC. C. Creation and development of the regional campaign Art against Hunger as an advocacy axis for the fulfillment of MDG 1. A. Installation of the regional headquarters of the Nutrinet.org Foundation in Ciudad del Saber and recognition as a social interest organization by the Ministry of Social Development of Panama. B. Formulation and management of cooperation projects to promote the Nutrinet Virtual Academy, a permanent training system in food and nutrition security for LAC. C. Creation and development of the regional campaign Art against Hunger as an advocacy axis for the fulfillment of MDG 1.



Ministry of Social Development

• Minister

  • 2005 - 2009

  A. Reorganization of the Ministry of Social Development as part of a new social institutionality of the Panamanian state oriented towards the human and social development of the country and implementation of the first phase and basis of a social protection system for priority care groups (children, elderly, women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities). B. Implementation of the economic transfer program to households in extreme poverty, Opportunities Network, which reached 75,947 households (412,000 people). C. Implementation of the national literacy campaign, Move for Panama, which taught 46,102 people to read in a period of two years. D. Creation of the Secretariat for Childhood, Adolescence and Family; the National Institute for Women and Family, and the National Secretariat for Disability; three autonomous and decentralized institutions that allowed for better execution and articulation of public policies in these sectors. E. Generation of knowledge for the formulation and evaluation of social policies through the publication of thematic series and policy documents. F. Opening of 9 new provincial and comarcales headquarters for the execution of social programs; 4 Comprehensive Guidance and Care Centers, and a National Volunteer Center. G. Automation of financial and administrative management of the institution with specific systems for the management of social processes and programs. H. Realization of a National Social Vulnerability Census with a record of 240,000 households (1,300,000 people) for the design of social policies and programs. I. The efficient and transparent management of the institution earned a high rating according to the Integrity Index 2008 of public entities in Panama, applied by the Foundation for the Development of Citizen Liberty and 4 Honorable Mentions in the delivery of the Prisma 2008 Awards, organized by the Executive Secretariat of the National Council on Transparency against Corruption. Show less



FUNDACIÓN FRIEDRICH EBERT

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project director

  • 2000 - 2005

  International Technical Cooperation Mission between the Governments of Panama and Germany. International Technical Cooperation Mission between the Governments of Panama and Germany.



Popular Legal Assistance Center

• Legal Assistant and Responsible for the Women’s Program

  • 1989 - 1990

  Responsible for the Institution’s Communication Program and its Newsletter. Responsible for the Institution’s Communication Program and its Newsletter.



Legal Assistance Center of the University of Panama

• Legal Assistant

  • 1987 - 1988

  Position obtained through a competition of students of the Faculty of Law and Political Science. Position obtained through a competition of students of the Faculty of Law and Political Science.