Pensado Moreno joined the in September 1991. At the
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, she has served as Director of Academic Exchange and Scholarships in the General Directorate of Cultural Affairs (1992–1994), Director General for Europe (2004–2006), and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean (2011–2012). In 2012, she was appointed Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean by President
Felipe Calderón. Abroad, she has served as Alternate Representative in the
Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations based in Vienna (1994–1997), as Counselor in the Delegation of Mexico to the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris (1998–2001), and as Head of Chancery at the Embassy of Mexico in Sweden (2001–2004). In 2006 she rose to the rank of ambassador and was appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, concurrently to the Republics of Latvia and Lithuania (2006–2011). Subsequently, she was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Since 2017 she has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, In 2018 she headed the assistance and consular protection actions of Mexicans during the
2018 FIFA World Cup, whose result and good performance was recognized by the Permanent Commission of the
Congress of the Union of Mexico. She has represented her country at numerous conferences and international meetings within the framework of the
United Nations, the OECD, and organizations of the Inter-American System. She has participated in various forums, both in Mexico and in European and Latin American countries, as a lecturer and panelist on international affairs, foreign policy in Mexico, and gender issues. ==Awards and recognitions==