Núñez became a qualified lawyer and she has a doctorate from the Argentinian University of Mar del Plata.

[2] In 2016 Núñez was accused along with four other judges of having interfered with cases in the Criminal and Labor Chambers.

This was high profile as Ecuador's 48th Vice President Jorge Glas was Ricardo Rivera's nephew.

[1] Fellow ministers in the new government included Romina Muñoz, Arianna Tanca, Monica Palencia and Gabriela Sommerfeld.

[7] In December 2023 Núñez made a unilateral decision to raise the Unified Basic Salary by ten dollars per month to $460 in line with projected inflation figures.