She developed a like of poetry at a young age and reported that her favourite poet growing up was Juana Inés de la Cruz.
[2] During this period, while battling alcoholism and poverty, she started to write poetry under the pen name Juana Pavón and gained recognition through establishing friendships with individuals based at the National School of Fine Arts.
In 1981, she published a collaboration poetry collection, Two Voice Verse, with Costa Rican poet Carmen Naranjo.
In 2004, she published her second book, Exacta, which acts as an encyclopedia of her life told through poems and creative writing.
[2] In 2016, she moved to the mining town of San Juancito, where it is reported she lived in poverty and poor health.