She studied Literature in Caracas and then pursued her Doctorate in Ibero American Studies in the University of Paris. She has written: Agua, silencio, memoria y Felisberto Hernández (Caracas, 1986) and Femmes: Les Grands Mythes Féminins à travers le Monde (Paris, 1987) published in the USA as Women: Around the World and Through the Ages (1990).