She first received public attention with her work Sílabas de arena (1962) which described her Colombian daily life with a novel, lighter language style.

Her poem La señora burguesa is a severe take on women's mundane urban life.

[5] Her cantata Cosmofonía was first performed on radio and TV in France in 1976, led by conductor Marc Carles.

Her multimedia poem Cosmoagonia, with scientific (astronomy) and humanistic content, has been performed in eight important planetariums around the world such as New York City and Washington.

[citation needed] She was included in the list of the 100 Antioquenos of the 20th century and in the collection of postcards "Grandes Hombres de Antioquia" among 12 other women, where she was the only writer, as well as in a list of biographical investigations of the University of Antioquia of the ten most important Antioqueno writers, in which she was the only living poet.