She also served as the chair of the board of trustees of the Far Eastern University - Dr. Nicanor B. Reyes Medical Foundation.
They had four children, Marie Therese, Nicanor III, Joaquin Jose, and Enrique Robert.
She was the elder sister of former Philippine President Corazon S. Cojuangco-Aquino and Tarlac former Representative Jose Cojuangco Jr.
Her younger sister Corazon C. Aquino died of cardiorespiratory arrest on August 1, 2009.
[3] Cojuangco-Reyes died on 26 July 2011, shortly after collapsing following her eulogy during the funeral of her elder brother Pedro.