[2] Aulestia belonged to the mountaineering group at the Central University of Ecuador where she graduated with a law degree in 1997.

[citation needed] She received training and support from Rafael Martínez, for her subsequent ascent to Everest.

Her masters thesis was titled "Domestic violence: a legal and cultural analysis of cases processed at the First National Police Station for Women and Family of Quito Canton (period 2002 - 2004).

"[4] She was part of the first Ecuadorian expedition to Everest in 2006, where she was proclaimed the first woman to climb this mountain, although she had to turn back at 8,000 metres.

She completed the seven peaks challenge and she obtained the women's record for climbing the Cotopaxi volcano in 3 hours and 30 minutes.