Dr. Soriano has served in the Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Finance (Undersecretary, 1991-98) and Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (Trustee, 2011-16). She has also taught at the Ateneo de Manila University and served in its Board of Trustees (1998-2007). She is an independent consultant and is currently assisting the Department of Finance in setting up the Philippine Tax Academy. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988.