She transitioned from male to female later than most, at age 40, and her students were witnesses to her transformation. She coincides with many other activists who think that children are fairly open to these situations, but teachers and other school staff are often not. The president of the Homosexual Community of Argentina (CHA) where Abrodos participates, César Cigliutti, believes that “education is one of the most conservative and homophobic fields there are.”