paredes was the first vice president of the pro-school committee of journalism, founded on 2 september 1957. she was a member, vice president (1958), and president (1962 and 1963) of the ladies committee of the lions club of la paz. in 1958 she founded and was the first president of the confederation of national women's institutions ("confederación de nacional de instituciones femeninas"; conif). she was a board member of the women's center for hispanic culture (1959), as well as a member, vice president (1959), and president (1960) of the ladies conference of saint vincent de paul. she was on the boards of the pan american round table (1959) and the national association of mothers (1960).