She founded a sports education facility in Puerto Rico and was a Goodwill Ambassador for Major League Baseball.

[1] Zabala was chair of the Roberto Clemente Foundation, and a Goodwill Ambassador for Major League Baseball.

[2][3] She and her three young sons[4] attended Roberto Clemente's posthumous induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.

[5] In his memory, she established the Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente,[6] a sports education facility in Carolina, Puerto Rico, supported by grants, loans, and an annual telethon that she hosted.

[1] She was a familiar figure at charity events in Puerto Rico and in Pittsburgh, where her husband played baseball.