She was co-founder of the institute of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, best known for receiving, in the 1930s, the apparitions of Our Lady of Tears in Campinas, Brazil.

Her parents were immigrants to Brazil, However, Amalia, who was pious and devoted to works of charity, stayed in Spain and cared for sufferers of the Great Flu pandemic.

[5] On March 8, 1931, Francisco de Campos Barreto, Bishop of Campinas, recognized the veracity of the apparitions of Our Lady to Sister Amalia and granted the imprimatur for the publication of sister Amalia's writings (which included the messages of Jesus and the Virgin Mary) and the prayers of the Crown of Our Lady of Tears.

[6] On February 20, 1934, Barreto published an episcopal letter reinforcing the importance of devotion to Our Lady of Tears.

[7] On June 16, 2023, D. João Inácio Müller, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas, opened a canonical process for the beatification of Sister Amalia, which is ongoing.