[2] Cortiñas was a social psychologist and professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires.

[3] Her son Gustavo Cortiñas was a member of the Justicialist Party and the Montoneros organization in the Villa 31 neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

She travelled through all continents calling for solidarity with the families of the disappeared and the punishment of those guilty of crimes against humanity in their country.

As a university professor, she carried out analyses and studies on the relationship between the military dictatorship, foreign debt and the economic crisis in Argentina.

[4] Cortiñas showed her support for the cause of legal abortion, being a speaker at the Ni una menos march on 4 June 2018, in favor of it.