[1] At the age of 26, she began to work for a Project for the Development of the Indigenous and Black Peoples of Ecuador, funded by the World Bank.

[4] In 2009, she was appointed undersecretary for the Amazon at the Ministry of Agriculture, but she resigned to participate as a candidate for assembly member in the legislative elections of the same year.

[6][7] There were five members of the council and two of them, Enrique Pita and José Cabrera, supported her election while the other two, Luis Verdezoto and Esthela Acero, did not.

[7] In February 2019 Marlon Santi [es], coordinator of Pachakutik, distanced himself and his party from Atamaint as they did not agree with her policies as president of the National Electoral Council.

[8] In July 2022, Atamaint was being impeached as it was alleged that the National Electoral Council had failed to investigate irregularities in the February 2021 general election.

Charges were made against her and Esthela Acero, Enrique Pita, José Cabrera and Luis Verdesoto (even though he was no longer a councillor).

[9] In August 2023 Atamaint reported that thousands of votes had been lost by mainly European voters due to cyber attacks in the 2023 general election.