paredes was the first president of the university women's union ("unión femenina universitaria"; ufu), founded on 14 september 1938, the same year in which she was elected president of the la paz student center of dentistry. it was the first time that a women held this position. she was also a delegate of the faculty of dentistry to the local university federation ("federación universitaria local"; ful). on 3 august 1942 she founded, together with others, the university women's association of la paz, of which she was a member for dentistry. from 1958 to 1959, she was president of this association, and managed conferences attended by women professionals.