Over the last ten years, she has held a number of senior positions with the weekly news magazine, Semana, including editor for security and conflict, editorial adviser, and online columnist. She is also a columnist for the cultural magazine Arcadia. Her award-winning reporting has focused on issues of human rights, reconciliation, narcotics trafficking, peace talks and politics in general. She holds a B.A. from the Universidad de Antioquia and has an M.A. in Political Studies from the National University of Colombia.