As First Lady, she was known for charitable works, particularly those benefitting children, and organizing social assistance programs. When Somoza left office, he and Urcuyo took a trip around the world. After his death from a heart attack on 13 April 1967, she was made an honorary consul of Nicaragua in New York and ambassador to the United Nations. After the Sandinista Revolution, Daniel Ortega and subsequently Violeta Chamorro denied her entry to Nicaragua. She was granted a visa during the government of Arnoldo Alemán. She moved to Houston, Texas in the early 1990s.