There, she studied music with private teachers: guitar with Roberto Lara, and singing with Blanca Peralta and Nina Kabanciwa.

[10] Painé moved to Buenos Aires, working as a hairdresser, weaver and assistant to the painter Roberto Ramaugé.

This event led her in a journey back to her hometown and heritage, where Aimé met her biological father and brothers and learned more of her origins.

[14] Painé travelled to England and Switzerland, presenting the Mapuche music and culture, and denouncing the marginalization of indigenous peoples in Argentina.

[23][24] In 2021, a four-episode biographical series about her was filmed in Patagonia, produced, directed, and scripted by filmmaker Aymará Rovera.