In 2021 she was elected to the National Assembly of Ecuador for the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country party.

[1] In 2015, Sánchez went to Spain for her studies for her master's degree at the Autonomous University of Barcelona; she continued to play football there for the CE Sabadell FC team.

[4] Sánchez was involved in the Commission's report into the Pandora Papers which revealed details of President Lasso's finances.

[5] In the same month, Sánchez was one of the 81 politicians who abstained, allowing the Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability Law to be passed.

Other abstainers included María Fernanda Astudillo, Jessica Castillo, Soledad Diab, Ana Herrera, Gissella Molina, and Patricia Sánchez.

[6] The President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as Mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached.