 At a very young age, Ibáñez moved with her mother to Caracas, where she performed different jobs and prepared to be a secretary, which eventually allowed her to get a job in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress.She worked for the parliamentary faction of the Acción Democrática party, whose parliamentary leader at the time was deputy Jaime Lusinchi, who was later elected President of the Republic for the 1984-89 period.When the government of Jaime Lusinchi started in February 1984, she was appointed "private secretary" of the Presidency.