At the same time, she was the host of the program Pare, mire y escuche and participated as a comedian in Jappening con Ja, replacing Maitén Montenegro.

During late 1983, she settled in the United States to develop her singing career, and although she managed to release several singles on Latin music charts, she later returned to Chile.

After the start of the 2019-20 Chilean protests, Maldonado's participation in Mucho gusto was suspended, and her program Sin límites - which she presented with Raquel Argandoña - was canceled by Radio Agricultura.

[6] A supporter of then-president Eduardo Frei Montalva, she was a member of the Christian Democratic Party at the age of 15 and was contrary to Salvador Allende's Popular Unity government.

[9] She was again a candidate for deputy in 1997, this time as part of the ultra-right conservative Independent Democratic Union party, in order to represent the 18th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.