The daughter of writer Alberto Romero [es] and the Argentine Zulema Piñero, Graciela Romero was educated at the Colegio Universitario Inglés of Santiago.

[1] At age 21, she married the Spanish citizen Andrés Rosselló, who was 16 years her senior.

[2] Despite being a social worker by profession, she was known nationally for her joint writing with journalist Ximena Torres Cautivo.

[5] Romero was an outspoken liberal and feminist, and at one point lost her job at Salvador Hospital for advocating the use of oral contraceptives.

[5] Her health began to decline in 2009 after being treated for lung cancer,[5] and she was required to use an oxygen tank.