She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. Baltazar-Padilla graduated Magna Cum Laude and at the top of her class in both her Political Science and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the Lyceum of the Philippines University.

She was tapped to teach in the College of Law after passing the 1984 Bar Examinations where she obtained a weighted average of 90.3%, placing 5th among the successful examinees.

[4] On July 16, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Baltazar-Padilla to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

[6] She was chosen out of six other potential candidates, Jose Midas Marquez, Ricardo Rosario, Japar Dimaampao, Jhosep Lopez, Ramon Cruz and Manuel Barrios.

And on November 3, 2020, during the High Tribunal's en banc session, her fellow justices approved her request for early retirement.