Between 1993 and 1995 she was the ambassador of Colombia in France during the government of César Gaviria and member of the executive board of UNESCO.
[4][5] In the late 1960s, while working for the newspaper El Tiempo, she met Luis Carlos Galán, whom she married in 1970.
Shortly before President Misael Pastrana Borrero appointed Luis Carlos Galán as ambassador to Italy, they had Juan Manuel, their first child.
Being a journalist, she founded the programming company Telestudio, which broadcast the Telenoticiero del Mediodía, under her direction.
Gloria Pachón supported her husband throughout her political career and since he passed away, she and her son Juan Manuel have vindicated the legacy of Luis Carlos Galán.