[2] She has been dean of the University of Santiago's Faculty of Medical Sciences since 2017, in addition to serving as an academic of that house of studies.

From 1977 to 1990 she taught at the Pontifical Cateholic University (PUC) Associate Teaching Unit of Pediatrics at the Dr. Sótero del Río Hospital [es].

[2] In conjunction with teaching, Molina was a clinical doctor at the Sótero del Río Hospital's pediatric service until 1990.

Back in Chile, she returned to the PUC, and in 2006 she became a member of the Children's Council created by President Michelle Bachelet in her first government.

[5] This sparked a controversy, which led the government to issue a communiqué stating that the minister's statements were strictly personal.