As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939— an event that inspired her later poetry.
Na súa mocidade, viviu en Luarca cos seus pais, irmáns e demais familiares, atravesando toda a guerra civil española de 1936 a 1939— un evento que inspiraría a súa poesía posterior.