Whilst studying, Abiretas won the First Annual Oratorical Contest held at the school on 18 March 1917.
[2] She was admitted to the bar on September 27, 1920,[3] with the highest rating in the examination.
"[5] Abiertas was a Baptist,[2] supporter of the YMCA[2] and a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Manila.
[5][7] After her death, the Josepha Abiertas House of Friendship in Quezon City, which supported "unwed mothers and fatherless children" was founded.
One of the founders was social worker and suffragist Josefa Jara Martinez.