By 1909, Chacel's mother enlisted her at Madrid's "Escuela de artes y oficios" to study drawing, but, soon after, Chacel followed her teacher, Fernanda Francés, to the newly built "Escuela del hogar y Profesional de la Mujer", also in Madrid. It was while in the latter school that Chacel began to take some feminist views. In 1915, Chacel, intrigued by the world of sculpture, enrolled at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, but she soon lost interest in the aforementioned topic and abandoned the school by 1918.