She enrolled in the Instituto Literario de Niñas (ILN) (Literary Institute for Girls)[1] under the direction of Rita Cetina Gutiérrez.

Her specialties were arithmetic, the Spanish language and line drawing, and she held the Chair of Castilian grammar at the Adolfo Cisneros Cámara Secondary School.

[3] The Liga de Profesores (Teacher's League) was formed in 1918,[4] and Dzib served as its treasurer, scrupulously accounting for the funds.

[1] In 1922, she helped found the Feminist League of Yucatán, as part of the Socialist Party of the Southeast with Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Beatriz Peniche de Ponce, Rosa Torre González, Adolfina Valencia and Consuelo Zavala.

In her honor, the government of Yucatán awards the Raquel Dzib Cicero Medal annually to all teachers who have reached 30 years of uninterrupted service.