In 2009 she was elected as a regular member of the Sámi Parliament, representing the Nordre electoral district for the NSR.

In 2013, she was re-elected and joined the executive council, with Inger Elin Utsi taking her place as substitute member of parliament.

She served in the executive council until 2016, after which she resumed her duties as member of parliament.

[4] After a year in office, she criticised the government's proposal for the 2023 state budget, which included a 4% increase for the Sámi Parliament, which in reality were cuts in means for it.

The Sámi Parliament's budget chief, Runar Myrnes Balto, went further and called the cuts "discriminating".