After being read, by her mom, what the other actress had to say on the air, Cadilla memorized the lines and repeated them live, effectively beginning, without knowing it yet, her professional acting career.
[4] Cadilla began taking ballet lessons; this allowed the buddying young entertainer to work in theater and in commercials, at an age in which she saw her new career as a side-hobby.
[4] Cadilla grew into a very intelligent young woman; she was accepted into the Universidad de Puerto Rico's honor mathematics program.
[4] After graduating from college, Cadilla went on to studying dramatic arts with the famed Puerto Rican television actor Edmundo Rivera Alvarez and with Maricusa Ornés.
[4] Cadilla later joined a major Puerto Rican television hit talk show, named "Ellas al Mediodia" ("Women at Midday"), which was shown on canal 11.
[4] Alongside her television and theater acting, television reporting and show-hosting careers, she launched a film acting career, participating in several Puerto Rican films, such as 1975's "Machos", 1976's "Adiós, Nueva York, Adiós" ("Goodbye, New York, Goodbye") and 1986's "A Flor de Piel" ("Skin Deep").