She won her first continental medal at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics, where she was runner-up to Jennifer Dahlgren but managed to improve the Colombian national record to 61.65 m. The following year she won a bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, setting a new record of 65.51 m. At the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics she was again behind Dahlgren at continental level and took the silver medal with a throw of 64.94 m. She ended the year with another silver behind Dahlgren at the 2006 South American Games which doubled as the Under-23 continental championships.