Hofar has a number of higher education diplomas, including: She has had further executive education at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the Asian Institute of Management.

Hofer ran and won as representative of the then-newly created 2nd legislative district of Zamboanga Sibugay in the 2007 local elections.

[4][5] In the 2022 local elections, she was term limited, opted to run again for governor of Zamboanga Sibugay, and successfully defeated the incumbent 1st District of Zamboanga Sibugay Wilter "Sharky" Palma II.

[6] In the 17th Congress, Hofer served as the Chairperson of the Philippine House Committee on Higher and Technical Education.

On July 10, 2020, Hofer is among the 70 representatives who voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.