She was born in 1977, in the clandestine detention center in Buenos Aires while her mother, María Hilda Pérez "disappeared" for her involvement with leftist groups.

She is one of approximately 500 children known to have been born to disappeared political prisoners during Argentina's Dirty War (1976–1983), who were kidnapped and registered under false identities.

Her case is particularly unusual because her paternal uncle, Adolfo Miguel Donda Tigel (her father's brother), was a naval officer who was one of the primary individuals responsible for ESMA, and participated in the imprisonment, torture, and killing of her parents.

On May 24, 2004, when ESMA was converted by the government into a memorial center, Donda spoke at the ceremony: I realized that I knew I was born there, but also that I was not sure who my mother was.

She resigned from the position in December 2022, shortly before the end of her term, and was temporarily replaced by Undersecretary of Diversity Policies Greta Pena.

[4] The documentary film Familia de sangre, directed by Gustavo Bobbio and Daniel Ortiz, tells the story of Victoria Donda.