Sixty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS). Costa Rican jurist, feminist, researcher and academic internationally recognized for her activism in women's and girls' human rights. Since August 16, 2019, she holds this strategic position at the OAS. In 2024 she was decorated with the Legion of Honor of the Republic of France. She was Minister for the Status of Women in Costa Rica, President of the National Women's Institute (INAMU) between 2014 and 2018, and Director of the Office of the Ombudsman for Women in the Ombudsman's Office of Costa Rica.

Graduated in Law from the University of Costa Rica in 1989, she completed specialization studies at the University of Lund and Raoul Wallenberg University in Sweden in 1997. She completed her Master's Degree in Constitutional Law at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica in 2004 and her Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights at the Universidad de Chile in 2007. She is the author of multiple articles and books on women's human rights.