[1][2] She wrote a two-act opera, Tonantzin, on a subject from Mexican mythology; it was not performed during her lifetime.
[3][4] The wife of then Mexican president Luis Echeverria Alvares, Ms. Maria Esther Zuno, came to her house to celebrate her birthday.
On that day Julia wore her "China Poblana" dress, typical from Oaxaca, and gave a beautiful piano concert.
the Mexican newspaper EXELSIOR, published an article about Julia, praising her long life.
She is in a mural painted by Diego Rivera, above the stage of the Colegio de San Ildefonso in downtown Mexico City.