By 1990 she won bronze in the youth category at the Spanish Championship in Palencia, and 8th in the Final of the I Cup of Spain in Alicante.

[1] In 1991 she was chosen by Emilia Boneva to enter the national team as an individual, training since then at the Moscardó Gym in Madrid.

That same year she was 5th at nationals, held in Valladolid, being surpassed by Carmen Acedo, Noelia Fernández, Carolina Pascual and Susana Gómez.

In November Cardeñoso attended the World Championships in Alicante, where she was 4th in the team competition along with Carmen Acedo, Rosabel Espinosa and Carolina Pascual.

[6] On August 2, 1994, at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, she was 4th in the All-Around and won silver in the ribbon final.