Minister Bustamante holds a Degree in Law by the Universidad of San Martin de Porres, and a subsequent Masters from the same institution in Public Management. She has been the Director of Management and International Negotiation of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), as well as the Executive Director of Peru’s National Programme for Food Assistance and Relief (PRONAA). From August 2013 to February 2014 she was Vice Minister of Social Services at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis), after which she was appointed Minister in the same entity. She has also been the Joint Director of the Subnational GFP Programme of the Swiss Cooperation (SECO), and worked as a consultant for international cooperation and coordinator for governance and institutional reform for the USAID Probosques Programme. Since March 2019, she serves as Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, the second time in her career.

Minister Bustamente participated in Panel 1: The Main Challenges for Food and Nutrition Security at the Agrobiodiversity Symposium on Day 2 of the Food Forever Experience Cusco.