The new head of the MTC is an economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and has specialized studies at Central European University (2009-2010), Universidad del Pacífico (2011) and Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015).
Regarding her experience in the public sector, she worked as a consultant in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, was general director of the Office of Articulation, Monitoring and Impact Evaluation of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, advisor to the Vice Ministry of Transport and the Ministerial Office of the MTC.
In this ministry, she worked as advisor to Moquegua Vice Minister Carlos Estremadoyro, between 2018 and 2020, during the government of Martin Vizcarra. Then, Lazarte held the position of general director of the Office of Articulation, Monitoring and Impact Evaluation of the MTC, from August 2020 to February 2021.
A professor at PUCP, she also served as advisor to the executive presidency of the Urban Transport Authority for Lima and Callao.
In the last municipal elections, she was candidate for councilor of the district of Miraflores for the Somos Perú party.
Lazarte replaces Richard Tineo Quispe, one of the ministers who resigned after the decision of the now former president Pedro Castillo to close the Parliament.