Education
Shari graduated from the with a degree in International Studies. She also has a law degree from The College of William and Mary. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Indonesian.
Shari graduated from the with a degree in International Studies. She also has a law degree from The College of William and Mary. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Indonesian.
She is the incumbent United States Ambassador to Mauritius and to the Seychelles. On September 22, 2012, the United States Senate confirmed Villarosa to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles. She served as the chargé d"affaires for the United States Embassy in Rangoon, Burma, from August 2005 to September 2008.
At the time, there had not been a United States. Ambassador to Burma since 1990, so as chargé d"affaires, Villarosa was the chief of mission and the most senior official in the embassy.
She previously served as Director of Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore Affairs in the Department of State"s East Asia and Pacific Bureau, Economic Counselor of the United States. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Chargé d"Affaires of the United States. Embassy in Dili, East Timor. Her other overseas assignments have been in Songkhla, Thailand.
Brasilia, Brazil. Quito, Ecuador. And Bogotá, Colombia.
Her assignments at the State Department in Washington, District of Columbia, have been as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
Deputy Director of the Office of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam Affairs. Singapore and Indonesia desk officer And in the Office of Investment Affairs.
In addition, she spent a year at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as Diplomat-in-Residence.