Education
She graduated from the Teacher"s Training School in 1907 and began teaching at the Escuela Párvulos directed by Anatolia Zamora de Obregón.
She graduated from the Teacher"s Training School in 1907 and began teaching at the Escuela Párvulos directed by Anatolia Zamora de Obregón.
She also taught at the Escuela Superior de Niñas Number. 4 and the Escuela Graduada, both of which were under the direction of Esther Silva. Beginning in 1912, she worked with Carmen Lyra on a children"s magazine called “San Selerín” that they published for several years.
One of those changes was that Gonzáles, Lyra and two other teachers were sent to Europe to study European schooling methods.
When they returned, in 1926 the first Montessori preschool was opened. González helped to implement the new uniform educational policies which for the first time were being implemented through the country using a scientific basis.
In 1945, after the University of Costa Rica was founded, she taught classes there and was later named an honorary professor In 1959, she was promoted to Dean of the Faculty of Education and retired in 1960.
She became director of the Escuela Julia Language and was a member of the School Inspector"s team for the province of San José.
