Intergovernmental Regional Meeting on the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Environmental Action Plan of the Caribbean. Her diplomatic missions abroad includes posts as Consul of Mexico in Laredo, Houston, and El Paso, Texas. She has also headed the General Consulates in Seattle, Washington; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; and San Antonio, Texas. Ambassador Lara's final post in government was secretary of industrial development of the State of Chihuahua. She is also a member of the editorial board of the Chihuahua Herald and author of the book Chihuahua: Una Experiencia (Chihuahua: An Experience). She is married to Pedro Sarkis, brother of the late Lebanese president Elias Sarkis. External links UCLA School of Public Affairs Senior Fellow Secretariat of Foreign Affairs website Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Chihuahua (state) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mexican women diplomats Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)