Along with the corvette captain Claudia Fenocchio and the vice-commodore Silvana Carrascosa, she is one of the first three women in Argentine history to occupy that role.

[12] On 30 July 2015, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner proposed her promotion to the rank of brigade general.

[8][13] On 14 October 2015, Pansa was formally promoted to the rank of brigade general by Decree 2161/2015, retroactively effective as of 31 December 2014.

[5] On 5 February 2016, María Isabel Pansa was replaced as presidential military aide-de-camp by decree, effective 9 December 2015.

[3] In February 2016, Pansa was appointed as head of Sub-Department VII of Research and Technological Development of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [es].