[1] At age 15 and with two deaths behind her (that of her father whom she lost when she was 11, and her brother's) she moved to Madrid where she studied flamenco, Spanish dance, and classical ballet at the school Amor de Dios.

[2] She started with a group called Dios los Cría at the revival of the tablao Las Carboneras in Madrid with the Brazilian guitarist Fernando de la Rúa and rapper lyricist José Luis Montón as a guest composer.

[6] In 2004, at 28, Rovayo shaved her head, ended her commitments in the tablaos, and began to prepare to start a new professional stage as "La Shica",[2] an artistic name related to her height, only 1.58 meters (5.2 ft).

In March 2008 she presented her first album titled Trabajito de chinos [es], produced by Josete Ordóñez, in which she fuses diverse genres in search of a personal style, counting on hip hop and Spanish songs as main points of support.

[10] Pequeñas infidelidades (2012) is a bodevil – a comic monologue in which La Shica narrates the supposed amorous vicissitudes of a single woman who has had ups and downs with the opposite sex.

[11] In October 2013 she premiered Espain, dolor del bueno, a show written jointly with Andreu Buenafuente and directed by him, in which La Shica sings, dances, and debuts as an actress.

It features a humorous review of the situation in Spain, decontextualizing culture, art, and music by performing Spanish and Latin American songs, "a montage that can be understood as a cocktail of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Lola Flores, and Björk.

The play, which delves into the role of women in today's society, was presented in May, as part of the Barcelona Ciutat Flamenco Festival,[14] and in January 2015 premiered in Madrid at the Teatro del Barrio [es].

[17] La Shica has shared the stage with: Martirio, Bebe, Macaco, Amancio Prada [es], Rosendo, Barricada, Josemi Carmona, Rosario Flores, Bimba Bosé, Jorge Drexler, Pau Donés, and Manuel Carrasco, among others.