[6] She then went to the United States to study at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, for a Master of Science in Restaurant and Institutional Management.
[5][7][8] Daza later studied French cuisine in Paris, under the tutelage of Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle.
She was appointed Director of Manila Gas Cooking School where she selected, modified, checked, and kitchen-tested over five-hundred recipes for around three thousand students who enrolled over a period of four years.
Au Bon Vivant was reputedly the first restaurant in Manila to offer authentic French cuisine.
In 1974, Daza expanded her operation in the Philippines and opened an Au Bon Vivant in the NCR's business hub Makati.
[4][16][14][17][12] In 1975, the Marcos Government asked her to open and run the Maharlika on the ground floor of the Philippine Center, in Manhattan, New York.
"[14] In the sixties and seventies, Daza would bring some of the world's top chefs to the Philippines including Paul Bocuse and Gaston LeNôtre.
vice-president Salvador "Doy" Laurel asked her to run for the Senate of the Philippines under the Nacionalista Party.
Daza's body lay in state at the Loyola Memorial Chapel on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and was cremated.