[1] She earned degrees in Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, and Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, from the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and largest Catholic university in Manila, Philippines.
[1] Vicente started working for the Philippine government as a lawyer at the Land Registration Authority in 1969.
Vicente worked as Associate Commissioner of the Professional Regulation Commission from 1989 to 1990.
Soon, she was appointed as Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals.
She is currently a Law Professor, Bar Reviewer, and Coordinator of the Student Welfare and Development Board in the same institution.