Lolita joined Rice's Office of Internal Audit in November 2007. As an Internal Audit Manager, she assists the Associate Vice President and Chief Audit Executive in the performance of internal audits as prescribed in the audit plan. She provides an independent and objective evaluation of various risk-based topics related to financial and operational business activities.

Lolita began her career in internal audit in 1997 with the Houston Independent School District, where she served as an Audit Manager focusing on compliance audits, data analysis, assessment of internal controls, and special investigations to determine fraud and/or non-compliance with prescribed policies and procedures. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree from Texas Southern University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Our Lady of the Lake University. She is a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Government Auditing Professional.

Lolita was selected to participate in the second cohort of the Training Enables a Manager's Success (TEAMS) program. She has been an active member of the Rice community. She served as a member of the Staff Advisory Committee and its sub-committees (Staff Development and RiceFest) for several years. She also served as a COVID -19 contact tracer during the first year of the pandemic.