A member of the national squad since 2014, Maurelli ascended to prominence on the international scene at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she and fellow rhythmic gymnasts Sofia Lodi, Camilla Patriarca, Marta Pagnini, and Martina Centofanti attained a total score of 35.549 on the combination of hoops, ribbons, and clubs for the fourth spot in the final, slipping her team off the podium (and the second place) by nearly two tenths of a point.

In January 2014 she was recognized by Emanuela Maccarani, who invited her to be part of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics team of Italy.

[4] She then moved to Desio and made her international debut at the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she and her team took silver medal in Group All-around competition.

[5] She and her team mates, Martina Centofanti, Sofia Lodi, Marta Pagnini and Camilla Patriarca placed 4th in Group All-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[6] In September 2016, with the retirement of Marta Pagnini, Maurelli became the captain of the Italian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.

[16] Since 2022 she has been dating an actor Massimo Bertelloni, who proposed to her on August 10, after the awarding ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Group All-around final in Paris.