She received a law degree from Universidad Gran Colombia, and she majored and received a Master´s degree and majored in criminal law and criminology in Universidad Libre.
She joined the Judicial Branch in 1986 as municipal judge. Later, she worked as judge of mixed jurisdiction and public order judge. In 1992, she joined the Attorney General’s Office, where she worked at the national units against Terrorism, Kidnapping and Drug Trafficking.
She was a prominent prosecutor for the peace process and for the individual and collective reincorporation into civil life, stipulated by Law 975 of 2005 (Justice and Peace). For 20 years, she represented the Attorney General´s Office in the Comité Operativo para la Dejación de las Armas (Operational Committee for Laying Down Arms), monitoring the demobilization process of different illegal armed groups.
As a prosecutor of the Directorate of Support and Analysis of Organized Crime, she created the contexts that allowed the identification of the different criminal dynamics of the extinct paramilitary groups in Huila, Caquetá, and some areas of the country. Her knowledge regarding the origin of FARC and the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)) in Chocó, the Atlantic Coast and the east area of the country, were decisive for the preparation of 62 volumes delivered to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), which describe the criminal actions of these armed organizations.
Working as special director against Human Rights Violations between December 2020 and October 2022, she promoted investigative strategies to impact human smuggling and human trafficking networks, confront environmental crimes, and clarify massacres, disappearances, forced displacements and other crimes against human dignity.