She married Jorge León Araneta, a Filipino businessman at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter in Cali, Colombia, thereby sharing in five children. Their grand wedding reception was held in "Hotel Alferez Real", now extinct. When Araneta first arrived in Manila, she was dismayed that the country was similar to Hispanic cities and expected a more oriental culture similar to neighboring territories like British Hong Kong and Japan. She toured many parts of the Philippines, then organized by her husband through the Manila City Hall but notes that she was also dismayed at the wide practice of telephone tapping at the time, claiming that private telephone conversations between her husband would be reported in Filipino tabloids the next following day.