 In 1966 Rubio's first book, "Primeros poemas", was published, and in 1970 she won the Complutense University's Poetry Prize with her book "Acribillado amor".In those years, already in Granada, she came into contact with the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the Workers' Commissions union.She participated in the organic life of the PCE through its Culture Committee, where she made close friends like , , Cristina Almeida (whom she visited in the Carabanchel jail), Elisa Serna and Teresa Rial (prisoners in Yeserías), Dulcinea Bellido, Carmen Rodríguez, and Josefina Samper.