She served in the National Assembly until 2015, becoming the Minister for Women and Gender Equality under Nicolás Maduro.
[1] She has been sanctioned by the EU for her role in undermining the rule of law in the Venezuelan presidential crisis.
She was deputy to the National Assembly for the Vargas State and the president of the parliamentary Permanent Commission of Culture and Recreation.
On June 29, 2020, she was sanctioned by the EU, effectively freezing her assets in and barring her from traveling to the EU jurisdictions, citing her "persistent actions undermining democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights".
The EU specifically cited her role in stripping Juan Guaidó of his parliamentary immunity.