She represented Zulia in the National Congress of Venezuela [es] and served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1998 to 1999.
[1][2] She first became involved in politics at the age of thirteen, while she was studying at the Liceo Baralt in Maracaibo.
She moved to the Capital Region of Venezuela, where she married at the age of fourteen.
[3] She served as leader of the Democratic Action party in Zulia state and as secretary for the national women's office for the so-called "tolda blanca".
[1] In 2008, she became the leader of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Mujeres Socialdemócratas ("Latin American Association of Social Democratic Women").