She joined the Leipzig Ballet as a soloist in 2006, and was promoted to principal dancer two years later.

In 2009, she received the Best New Artist Award by the Association of Dance Professionals of Guipúzcoa.

[1] She was also nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse for her performance as the title role in The Firebird.

[3] In 2010, after a ballet mistress sent a video clip of Mendizabal to Monica Mason, then-artistic director of The Royal Ballet in London, she was invited to take classes with the company, before being offered a First Soloist contract with the company, which she accepted.

[4] Her repertoire there includes works by Kenneth MacMillan, Christopher Wheeldon and Wayne McGregor.