In Cuba in 1913 the public performances of Ernesto Lecuona and Dulce María Serret made a great impression on her.

On her way back to Cuba she performed in Mexico City at the Sala Wagner and the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

[1] Margot Rojas first performed in public in Cuba in 1920 with a recital in the Sala Espadero of the Hubert de Blanck Conservatory.

[citation needed] Margot made a second trip to New York to receive master classes from leading pianists.

[1] From 1933 to 1937[a] she lived in Mexico and performed in the Sala del Conservatorio Nacional in the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

[citation needed] After Machado was overthrown Margot returned to Cuba and started to teach as a member of the faculty of the "International Conservatory" that had recently been founded by María Jones de Castro.