She was born in Sabadell, Barcelona, the daughter of Pere Freixas Sabater, and first studied painting and sculpture with Modest Urgell i de Torcuato Tasso.
However, she developed an interest in music and began the study of piano with Juan Bautista Pujol.
She married Miquel Petit, a doctor who died soon afterward, and also lost her daughter at a young age.
[1] After 1900 Freixas published collections of Catalan songs and nursery rhymes, and helped foster musical education for school children in Barcelona.
Selected compositions include: A collection of her children's songs in Spanish was published in 1927 titled Cancons D'Infants.