Is the Salvadorean Secretary of State. She is a Salvadorean Lawyer and a Career Diplomat with a Post- Graduate Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford, England. She has also studied International Humanitarian Law at NYU and has specialized studies in international affairs, human rights, negotiations, conflict resolution, peacekeeping and development, having taken different courses at the International Peace Academy and at the University of Harvard, Cambridge, MA, among others. She was assistant professor of Constitutional Law and Political Law (Theory of the State) at a private University in El Salvador. She worked as Alternate Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York from 1990 to 1997 and as Minister Counselor at the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington D.C. from 1997 to 1999. She returned to El Salvador to become General Director of Foreign Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs until 2004 and later held the position of Senior Adviser to the Foreign Minister. She was elected Vice-President of the Organization of American States´ National Authorities Meeting for the Development of Women and headed different Salvadoran Official Delegations in various international meetings. She represented her country in the Presidential Commission for the revision of the Central American Integration System and was responsible for the coordination of the celebrations of the 15th Anniversary of the signing of the Peace Agreements of El Salvador. She was also the national coordinator of El Salvador’s participation in all International Presidential Summits such as the Summit of the Americas, the Rio Group, the G-11, the Iberoamerican Conference, the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean Summit, among others. She has lead an international initiative on financing for development to enhance international cooperation for the development of middle-income countries.  She has written articles on international affairs and regional integration. She is a member of the Board of Directors of two private businesses and has been a member of the Boards of three non-profit organizations: Hogares CREA-El Salvador, the Salvadoran Foundation for the Elderly and the International Institute for Women. She is an active member of the Oxford Union Society. She speaks fluent Spanish and English, intermediate French and basic Arabic. She is happily married to Carlos R. Barillas and has three daughters: Alexia, Florence and Gabriela.