She grew up in Chiclayo then moved to Lambayeque, where she studied accounting and administration at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo.
[2] In May 2014, she was appointed mayor of Trujillo (alcaldesa provincial) after her predecessor César Acuña resigned so that he could run for election to governor of the Department of La Libertad.
[4] On 11 March 2019, she was appointed Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, succeeding Ana María Mendieta.
[5] After President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress on 30 September 2019, she and the other congressmembers lost their seats.
Early new elections followed on 26 January 2020, in which the 130 seats in Congress were redistributed until the end of the legislative period.