She pursue her education by attending Colegio de Santa Isabel, and while on vacation to her studies, she would perform sarswelas and operattas to her neighbors and friends.

[2] After her studies at the Colegio de Santa Isabel, Fuentes had a formal voice training under Salvina Fornani, an Italian singer who was then residing in Manila.

[3] In 1925, Fuentes made her debut as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madame Butterfly, at the Teatro Municipale de Piacenza, another of her notable roles were of Mimi in La bohème, Pietro Mascagni's Iris and Richard Strauss' Salome.

After World War II, she retired from performing but continue to teach music at the University of the Philippines and the Holy Ghost College, Santa Isabel.

[5] Due to her political connections, she was able to lobby lawmakers to pass a law which led to the creation of foundations promoting music.

Her life story was documented in a book by Lilia H. Chung titled, "Jovita Fuentes: A Lifetime of Music (1978)", which was later translated to Filipino by Virgilio S.