she ran 5th in the ahora madrid list for the may 2015 madrid municipal election, being elected to the city council. as manuela carmena was invested as the new mayor on 13 june, maestre was included in the municipal government board ("junta de gobierno") assuming the government area of "spokeswomanship, coordination of the government board and relations with the plenary". she also briefly held the councillery-presidency of the salamanca district.