She moved between family members in New York and the Dominican Republic before settling with her father, Bienvenido Taveras.

Her concern for environmental issues prompted her to lead efforts to ban both fracking and styrofoam in her county.

During her primary campaign, Taveras sought to win over Hispanic voters and received endorsements from Campos, County Executive Rushern Baker, and state delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk.

[15] In February 2025, Taveras spoke in support of a bill that would require require public schools to teach age-appropriate health education that included sexual orientation, family, and gender identity courses, saying that such courses would have helped her understand her first menstrual cycle.

[17] In October 2018, Taveras voted against overriding County Executive Rushern Baker's veto on a bill that would waive a school facilities surcharge for certain residential developers.

[19] In 2019, Taveras voted in favor of legislation that would block all county agencies from engaging in immigration enforcement.

Following the killing of William Green, a handcuffed man, by police officer Michael Owen Jr. in January 2020, Taveras reintroduced the bill.

[28] Taveras expressed concern over the construction of the Purple Line in her district, saying "I don't want to lose the vibrancy and the diversity that we currently have in our community.

[29] She also expressed skepticism over a plan to add toll lanes to the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 using public-private partnerships.