[1] Although she showed an early interest in arts and philosophy, she decided to study medicine at University of Buenos Aires (UBA), graduating as a medical doctor with honors in 1928.

Her work there resulted in her thesis Juvenile Delinquency in the United States and Argentina (1932), with which she obtained her Ph.D. (from UBA) and, in addition, earned the Eduardo Wilde award.

According to one biography: It is important to remember that in Argentina in 1934 she was the creator of the first Children's Mental Health clinic integrated into the Pediatrics department and she was also one of the first professionals who gave relevance to interdisciplinary work.

[4]The office was based on the Child Guidance Clinics that Reca had observed in the U.S. and whose work she was able to study in depth in 1942, this time with the help of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

In 1967, together with some collaborators, she founded a private institution called the Center for Medical Psychological Studies of Childhood and Adolescence (CEAM).