Mora began her professional career in 1989, at the Ministry of Justice of Costa Rica headed by Odio Benítez.
[1] From 2012 to 2018, Mora was executive president of the INAMU, and from 2014 to 2018 she was Minister of Women's Affairs in the Solís Rivera administration and a member of the Governing Council.
At this stage, she focused on the design and governance of public policies regarding discrimination and violence against women.
From 2012 to 2016 she was president of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Convention of Belém do Pará (MESECVI) of the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as women's advisor to the UN's High-level Panel for Empowerment.
Since 2000, she has been invited to national and international forums as an expert on women's rights, for the elaboration, advocacy, and lobbying for the approval of laws against harassment and violence, and promoting responsible parenthood.