In 2017, she led a study published as a monograph with sixteen other coauthors, describing 26 new species of the genus Stumpffia, including several frogs that number among the smallest in the world,[4][5][6] and in 2020, she was also involved in the description of five more miniaturised frogs, including the new genus Mini and its three diminutive species.

[7][8][9] After completing her PhD thesis in 2017, Rakotoarison was appointed as a lecturer at Soavinandriana in Itasy, Madagascar, an affiliate of the University of Antananrivo.

[1] In 2017 she also became co-chair of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group for Madagascar,[10][1] a position she still holds today.

[10] Currently, Rakotoarison is the Academic Director for the 'Madagascar: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management' study abroad programme of the SIT Graduate Institute.

[1] In 2019, the frog species Platypelis ando was named in honour of Rakotoarison[11] in recognition of her contributions to research on the amphibians of Madagascar.