most notable works was when she led the team that designed and led the construction of the Agreements Panama 2000. This agreements served to create the legal and constitutional framework of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). This was a crucial action taken in order to maintain the Panama Canal working properly for the benefit of the country and the international community once the administration of the Canal returned to Panamanian hands after the United States’ administration. Political career An outsider to politics and the top echelons of government, Saint Malo––an independent––was invited by then candidate Juan Carlos Varela, to run as vice president, under the Panameñista and Popular Party tickets. After much consideration, she decided to accept the invitation due to her conviction on the importance of "not just believing in something, but fighting for what she believed in,"––a phrase that she used during her nomination-acceptance speech. Saint Malo served as a fresh face and a conciliatory figure to an electorate that was tired of the political class, hence gaining voters as they saw an accomplished woman who had never been in government engage in the political arena. Eventually, Varela and Saint Malo won the 2014 elections and were installed into Office inviting civil society leaders and independents to join the Cabinet. Vice Presidency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs After being elected, Saint Malo was named Minister of Foreign Affairs and was also named chair of the Social Cabinet, composed of seven ministries responsible for the coordination of health, education, environmental, employment, and other social policies and programs focusing on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). She drove social policies centered on eradicating poverty and social inequality, including promoting the first National Poverty Multidimensional Index and the design of first Child and Infant Multidimensional Poverty Index, in collaboration with Oxford University, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and UNICEF. thumb|265x265px|Saint Maio meets with President of Israel Reuven Rivlin in 2015 As Minister of Foreign Affairs, she successfully implemented the modernization and institutional strengthening of the Ministry, with the objective of encouraging professionalism in Panamanian diplomacy. Saint Malo also led Panama's agenda as a leader for humanitarian response initiatives, including the inauguration of the First Humanitarian Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean, partnering with the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Saint Malo promoted anti-corruption and transparency efforts at