When she was seventeen she joined the international Jubilee 2000 movement that had campaigned to cut debt in developing countries by the end of the millennium.

[5] The six other members elected were María Fernanda Rivadeneira, Sofía Almeida, Rosa Chalá, José Carlos Tuárez, Walter Gómez and Christian Cruz.

[1] This watchdog was described as the "Citizen Observatory for the Application, Implementation and Effective Compliance of the Comprehensive Organic Law for the Prevention and Eradication of Gender Violence against Women".

[8] Desintonio was later elected to the 137 strong National Assembly as a member of the political coalition Union for Hope (Unión por la Esperanza).

[9] A fellow politician, Bella Jimenez, was brought to account to the National Assembly's Ethics Committee by Alejandro Jaramillo and Desintonio.

[10] 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.