 At the encouragement of two other Argentine-trained, Paraguayan teachers, Anastacio Riera and Rosa Peña Guanes, wife of the former Paraguayan President Juan Gualberto González, Adela agreed to return to Paraguay to help the country recover from the war, leaving Argentina in March 1890.By May 1890, Adela had established a school for preceptors in Asunción, the first training facility opened in the country after the war had ended.Celsa joined her in the school and helped organize the first graduate school for girls.