At only the age of 17, she became acting leader for the Hordaland Workers' Youth League following Tore Eikeland's death at Utøya during the 2011 Norway attacks.

[10] Both Bakervik and Engø officially assumed office on 22 September after Persen resigned as mayor after being elected to parliament.

[11] As deputy mayor, she notably had to step in to consider new chief commissioner candidates in Bakervik's place following Valhammer's resignation.

[14] Engø had sought a term in her own right in the 2023 local elections, but ultimately lost to the Conservatives' Marit Warncke, who succeeded her on 25 October.

For some time since the election until Warncke's takeover, Engø was on leave, and Garrido officially oversaw the transference in her place.