She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the Southeast Asian Games in 2003, and in the team event in 2001 and 2007.

[3] She was a partner with Greysia Polii on the Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) team which finished second to China in the 2008 series.

In October 2008, she teamed with Rani Mundiasti in women's doubles to become runner-up at the Denmark Super Series after losing to the Malaysian pair of Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty in the final.

[5] Novita married her teammates from Tangkas club Ronne Maykel Runtolalu, in Jakarta, 2 August 2009.

She later moved to Canada, and joined her husband who had already been a coach at ClearOne badminton centre in Richmond, British Columbia.