[2] Member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party since 1982, Camata was elected president of the party's municipal directory in Vitória in 1985 by defeating also journalist Rose de Freitas and that same year she supported the winning candidacy of Hermes Laranja to mayor of the capital of Espírito Santo.

[3] Elected federal deputy in 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998, she participated in the National Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1988 Brazilian Constitution and voted for the impeachment of President Fernando Collor on September 29, 1992.

In 2002, she was a candidate for vice president, with José Serra leading the coalition Grande Aliança (PSDB-PMDB).

She was appointed Secretary of Development, Infrastructure and Transport of Espírito Santo in the Paulo Hartung government, and was elected federal deputy for the fifth time in 2006.

[4][5] Her best known achievements in Brazil are the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente),[6] reported by her and sanctioned by President Fernando Collor de Mello and the Fiscal Responsibility Law (Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal), reported by her and sanctioned by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.