[2] She was the eldest daughter of the nine children of Aglipayan bishop and Cebuano writer Juan P. Quijano and Segundina Gador and attended schools in Cebu, Lanao, Manila, and Oroquieta in Misamis Occidental.
[6] She had written two novels and over 150 stories and wrote for periodicals The Freeman,[4] Nasod (Nation), Babaye (Woman) and Bag-ong Kusog (New Force) and other publications before and after World War II.
[5] She won literary prizes for the short stories Maayong Ngalan (Noble Name) and Ang Asawa nga Dala sa Akong Uyoan (literal translation: The Wife that My Uncle Brought Home).
[4] She also led the Misamis chapter of the Cebuano writers group LUDABI (Lubas sa Dagang Binisaya),[3] serving as its president from the late 1960s to 1970s, and initiated the first literary workshops in that part of the country, giving lectures on writing fiction and non-fiction.
[3] Her short stories are included in an anthology, Nabanhaw nga Himaya (Reawakened Bliss) translated into English by Hope Sabanpan Yu of University of San Carlos' Cebuano Studies Center and Haidee Emmie Palapar of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.[4]