[1] From an early age she took an interest in journalism and used multiple pseudonyms such as "Pancha Remolino and "Demetrio Rueda".

Afterward she identified herself with the pseudonym "Serafina Quinteras" and used it for several decades in a collaboration with "El Comercio", a daily newspaper from Peru.

She chose the name, because she admired the famous Spanish theater authors Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero.

[2] Along with Esmeralda, her cousin Emma Castro Pervuli also assumed the pseudonym Joaquina Quinteras, and together they began a career in Peruvian Creole music by composing their first songs like "El Ermitaño", "Todo y Nada" and their largest success was the vals "Muñeca Rota" and "Parlamanías".

[4] Marking the second century of freedom in Peru, the Ministry of Culture made a tribute to Serafina Quinteras, alongside other authors on the 27th of September 2020.