Gutiérrez studied at the Liceo Maria Auxiliadora de Santiago, from which she graduated in 1942.

While Gutiérrez was studying at the university, she met the scientist Hugo Moreno León, whom she married in 1951 and with whom she had three children.

At that observatory, her work was initially restricted to analyzing astronomical data obtained by other scientists.

While working there, Gutiérrez developed an interest in the photoelectric photometry of austral stars, a subject which she addressed in numerous publications.

[1] In 1967, Gutiérrez began working with Hugo Moreno León in the newly opened Cerro Tololo Observatory.