 In 2015 she was the Country Director of the UNDP in Kabul, Afghanistan.In 2016 she was the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, and in 2018 she became the United Nations Deputy Special Representative and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq.Ruedas has a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University, and a diploma in Russian studies from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.