[1] At that age, she was admitted at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus where she received a bachelor's degree in business administration, with minors in finance, marketing, and economics.

Before the 2016 elections, she was the Executive Director of The Metropolitan New School of America and of América Aponte & Associates, a company that was founded by her mother.

[6] On March 17, 2016, Lúgaro announced her intentions to run for Governor of Puerto Rico becoming the first person to do so independently.

She also highlighted her purpose of "facing off the bipartisanship that has predominated the country", which she qualified as the root of the island's current economic crisis.

[7][8] At one point, David Bernier, from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) invited the supporters of Lúgaro and Cidre to vote for him.

[10] Several days later, she announced her new role as Director of the Center for Strategic Innovation at Foundation for Puerto Rico.

[11] In June 2020, Lúgaro became involved in a political controversy[12][13] after the 2016 judgement of a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the company she worked for, America Aponte & Associates, became public.