Board Member and International Relationships Representative for FUNDACUNA since 2003, a social and education development initiative of poor semi-urban communities in Panama City. She is also a board member at the Fundación Smithsonian, a not for profit created by Panamanians to support and divulge the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s (STRI) work in Panama and Latin America a position she has held since 2000. She is also a board member of Fundacion Centro de Ciencias y Arte, which manages the children’s museum EXPLORA in Panama. From 2000-2003 she was director of the Nature Conservancy’s Panama Program. From 1998-1999 she was the Administrator General for the National Environmental Authority, and from 1994-1997 she was the Deputy Director of the National Institute for Natural Renewable Resources. She holds an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College, and a Masters in Environmental Studies (M.E.S.) from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management. She is married to Miguel Heras and has 2 children, Miguel and Sofia.