[5] She is married to Argentine politician and infobae columnist Federico Salvai [es], who had served as the head of cabinet in Mauricio Macri and María Eugenia Vidal's Buenos Aires city government.

[9] In 2007, newly elected Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri, who would later become the President of Argentina, appointed Stanley as the head of the city's General Directorate for Strengthening Civil Society (Spanish: Dirección General de Fortalecimiento de la Sociedad Civil).

She became the city's Minister of Social Development in 2011, when María Eugenia Vidal, who was holding the position until then, became the Deputy Mayor.

[10] Stanley served on the social policy team led by economist Emilio Basavilbaso [es], who played an important role in presidential candidate Mauricio Macri's campaign, along with Esteban Bullrich, Jorge Lemus, and Eduardo Amadeo [es].

The same year, Macri won the presidential elections and appointed Stanley as the Minister of Social Development of the Nation.