Before joining ADB she was a senior gender expert consulting with UN agencies and development organizations on gender equality and human rights, GBV, and harmful practices. From 2016-2020 she was Regional Adviser, Gender and Human Rights, with UNFPA’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO) in Bangkok, Thailand.  At UN HQ she served as Special Advisor to the Senior UN Coordinator for “Fit for Purpose” – UN reform for the 2030 Agenda, and as Special Adviser to UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme.  Her country-level experience includes roles as Policy Specialist and Gender Adviser to the UN Country Team in Vietnam, and as Gender Adviser to the Cambodian Development Resource Institute (CDRI) and technical adviser to UNIFEM in Cambodia.