She received a BA in Modern Literature at the National University of Córdoba, also studying psycho-pedagogy and cinematography.

[1][2] Between 1977 and 1978 she conducted research at the University of Paris-VII before working at the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies at Sèvres.

[3][2] Suez has also co-directed Piedra Libre magazine, a publication promoting reading and literature in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Suez has written a number of Spanish language children's books including: In 2015 she won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Priz (Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz) for her book, El país del diablo.

[6] Suez was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field fiction (for Latin America & Caribbean) in 2007.