 From 2009 to 2011 she was then Coordinator for Bilateral Affairs with Cuba, as well as Technical Assistant at the Ministry of Health of East Timor.Since 2011, Sarmento has been Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Science of the National University of East Timor (UNTL) in Dili.Sarmento was a treasurer at the East Timor Medical Association (ETMA) from 2000 to 2005, president in 2005, and a consultant since 2006.