Sandra Huenchuan Navarro holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Processes in Latin America. She conducted her postdoctoral research in Anthropology at the University of Chile.

Since 2002, she has worked on aging issues at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Between 2002 and 2018, she coordinated the regional follow-up to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. She has provided technical assistance on aging and public policy in 18 countries across the region.

She also served as an advisor to the OAS Working Group responsible for drafting the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, which was adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2015.