Dr.Burgos currently manages the Project Development and Management Department (PRODEV) of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).

Before joining SEARCA, she worked for 30 years at the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)-Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Los Baños, Laguna.  From a Science Research Specialist I position in 1987, Dr. Burgos rose from the ranks to being the Acting Director to finally the Director of the Technology Outreach and Promotion Division (TOPD) in 2002. 

As TOPD Director, she supervised various activities including technology packaging, intellectual property management, and technology transfer modality development and promotion; and evaluated proposed, ongoing and completed projects related to technology management. Dr. Burgos also led the formulation and packaging of technology transfer and commercialization programs for the agriculture, forestry and natural resources sectors; directed the evaluation and monitoring of programs, projects and activities related to technology management; and recommended policies on technology transfer and commercialization.

She has written and co-authored various publications in agricultural research; technologies in agriculture and natural resources; technology management; and technology transfer and commercialization.

In July 2001, Dr. Burgos was conferred with a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science and Technology Studies by the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. She finished her Master of Management degree and Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1985 and 1979, respectively.