During this time, she participated in mobilization efforts to various causes such as politics related to state and national education, protests against the increase in the cost of public transport, and for the demarcation of land for the Tupiniquim and Guarani peoples in Aracruz.

[2] She also was a member of the Capixaba Youth Observatory (OSCIP), founded in 2012 by researchers, activists, and young people of different educational backgrounds in Espírito Santo.

She was Coordinator-General of the Proteção de Jovens em Território Vulnerável (Protejo) project, developed mainly in the Feu Rosa and Vila Nova de Colares neighborhoods of Serra, as part of the National Project of Public Safety with Citizenry (Pronasci)[3] and also participated in the Lethal Violence against Adolescents and Children Program (PRVL), coordinated by the Favelas Observatory.

Valadão named her mandate as a tribute to Ilma Viana, a teacher, samba musician and Black movement activist who was also from PSOL, who died in 2017.

[9] During her first year, she denounced gender-based political violence against her and Coser, having accused councilor Gilvan da Federal, of Patriota, in particular of aggressive behavior, including criticizing her mode of dress,[14][15][16] demanding that she shut up,[17][18] and calling her a "satanist" and "baby killer" due to her pro-choice stances.

[20] Valadão was the author of proposal 39/2021, which made Vitória the first city in Espírito Santo to institute a focus date to combat gendered political violence.

[21] The following definition was laid forth by the law: physical acts, threats or psychological intimidation and/or discrimination practiced with the objective of attacking their lives, assaulting, threatening, offending or illegitimately limiting the full development and political participation of elected representatives, candidates, pre-candidates, and party leaders.