[1] She served as governor in 1937–38 by succeeding her brother, Gerardo Fuentebella Cea.

Paz Cea de Conde was born in Tigaon, Camarines Sur into a well-to-do family.

Paz was the daughter of Mayor Manuel Baduria Cea whose family had served the Municipality of Tigaon during the Spanish and American periods.

Her brother, Don Severo Fuentebella Cea, was a former mayor, congressman and delegate of Camarines Sur to the 1934–35 constitutional convention.

One of her nephews was Senator Edmundo B. Cea, who was a vice-presidential nominee for the Nacionalista Party.