Jurado was a collaborator and friend of Victoria Ocampo and Jorge Luis Borges.

She received a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires.

[3] In 1980, Jurado was named a full member of the Academia Argentina de Letras and took the place left vacant by Victoria Ocampo.

Jurado received distinctions such as the Primer Premio Municipal de Novela y de Ensayo (First Municipal Prize for Novels and Essays), the SADE Honor Sash (1961), and the Alberti-Sarmiento Inter-American Prize (1975).

[3] In 1944, she married the lawyer Eduardo Tiscornia, and had two children: Federico (1946-1975, agronomist) and Cecilia (1947-, doctor).