Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1890, ta yi karatu a wata makaranta mai zaman kanta a Iloilo, wanda dangin Babban Alkalin Ramón Avanceña ke gudanarwa. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki a makarantar don biyan kuɗin karatun ta, abinci da masauki. Ta yi karatu a cikin shekaru goma na mulkin Mutanen Espanya a cikin Philippines, wanda ya haifar da karatunta a cikin Castilian, wanda ta yi fice a ciki. Bayan Yaƙin Philippine-Amurka
, ta sami malamin Amurka don koya mata ilimin nahawu da lissafi, a tsakanin sauran batutuwa.