[1] In the 1990s she was working in Dili and in her spare time secretly supporting the revolutionaries of East Timor.

She met Antonio Joao Gomes da Costa who was a rebel leader who went by the nom de guerre of Mahuno but there relationship was soon interrupted by his arrest in April 1993.

[2] She worked for the revolution but in 1999 her husband had a stroke and she had to spend time assisting his recovery.

[2] In 2001 she was one of thirteen women chosen to serve on the National Council of the East Timor Transitional Administration (ETTA).

In 2018 Viegas was elected to the Executive Committee of the East Timor Football Federation.