 When Villeda was ousted by a second coup, she was appointed in 1964 as the Secretary of the Office of Culture, Tourism and Information by President Oswaldo López Arellano.In 1972, Alonso was serving as the Chief of the Educational Reform Commission in Honduras and pressed for national reforms to ensure access to education for women.She published "Towards a Cultural Policy for Honduras" in 1977, evaluating cultural and legal developments in the country from pre-colonial times to the 1970s and helped to draft legislation to protect cultural heritage.