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Education

  • Executive programs at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and London School of Economics (2010)
  • Senior Executive Fellows program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2002)
  • MA in Spanish Literature, Texas A&M University (1988)
  • BA in Political Science and Modern Languages, Texas A&M University (1986)

Experience

  • Director-General, Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs (2018-2021)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Paraguay (2015-2018)
  • Director-General, Bureau de Genève, Délégation Culturelle et Économique de Taipei (2012-2015)
  • Deputy Director-General, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA (2011-2012)
  • Diplomacy Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA (2010)
  • Counselor on Home Assignment, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA (2009-2011)
  • First Secretary / Senior First Secretary /  Political Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Republic of El Salvador (2003-2009)
  • Section Chief, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA; served concurrently as an interpreter for senior government officials (1999-2002)
  • Executive Assistant, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (1995-1999)
  • Executive Officer, Department of Central and South American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989; 1992-1995)
Source:Secretariat