Kwakungadingeki ukwazi ukuthi u-Emilia Ortiz ungomunye wabadwebi abaphambili baseMexico ukubona ukuthi besincoma umsebenzi womculi ovelele, onekhono emgqeni kusukela emsebenzini wakhe wokuqala, omuhle ekuvezeni izinzwa zakhe futhi ethembekile kwizimpawu ze iqiniso leNayarit yalo ethandekayo.
Uthisha wakhe uManuel Rodríguez Lozano uvumile, ngesikhathi sombukiso wokuqala wezithombe zika-Emilia Ortiz owethulwe eNational College of Architects ngoMeyi 1955: “Ngimangazwa amandla, ikhwalithi nokuhlangana naye uqobo [kanye] nesifiso sakhe sothando somhlaba wonke … Kuyintokozo kimi ukusho lamagama ngomsebenzi ka-Emilia Ortiz, engimbheka njengomdwebi ohamba phambili eMexico ”.
Eminyakeni eyalandela, e1973, phambi komsebenzi wombhali eDegollado theatre eGuadalajara, imbongi yaseJalisco u-Elías Nandino wakubona ukubusa kuka-Emilia ekudwebeni nasekufundiseni okwamholela ekwenzeni umsebenzi wakhe wepulasitiki. U-Antonio Rodríguez, umgxeki odumile wezobuciko, waya emsebenzini wombhali ngesikhathi kwethulwa intela ebheka emuva egalari ye-OMR ngo-1986, futhi waveza ukwehluka kwendalo yakhe kanye namandla akhe okushintsha isikhathi.
Akunakwenzeka ukuphika ukukhonjwa kuka-Emilia Ortiz nesikole saseMexico sokudweba, njengoba futhi kungenasidingo ukusho, ngemuva kokuncoma umsebenzi wakhe, ukuthi ngale "kwama-isms", izikole, izitayela nezimfashini, u-Emilia ngaphezu kwakho konke, umculi othembekile emizweni yakhe, izinkanuko zakhe kanye nomhlaba wakhe wangaphakathi. Kude nemibhalo yezenhlalo nokuziqhakambisa, u-Emilia Ortiz, ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe wezithombe, uhlakulele izinkondlo nobuntatheli. Opopayi bakhe nencwadi yakhe ethi Dichos y refranes bayisibonelo esingaqondakali sobuhlakani bakhe obukhulu, amahlaya akhe nothando lwakhe ngamasiko aseMexico naseNayarit.
Ngingazihalalisela nje ngokuba nenhlanhla yokuthi, ngengozi, incwadi enhle nenakekelwa kahle yafika ezandleni zami lapho uthisha u-Elisa García Barragán asembulela khona umlando omangazayo womdwebi; Incwadi, u-Emilia Ortiz, Life and Work of a Passionate Woman, isinikeza umbono ophindaphindayo ngomsebenzi wakhe, onobuciko nobuchule bomugqa ozivumela zonke izinkululeko, ngisho ezibaluleke kakhulu: ukuhlala ethembekile ukubiza kwakhe kusukela ezinsukwini zakhe zokuqala.
Ngemuva kokuphinda abhale kabusha umsebenzi wakhe, efunda imibhalo yalabo ababesondelene nokwazi ukuthi u-Emilia Ortiz uhlanganise umsebenzi omangazayo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-70 yempilo yobungcweti, kwafika igama lomunye wesifazane ovelele, uDulce María Loynaz (umklomelo weCervantes Literature) owalinda, efaka amagama, njengoba kwenza u-Emilia Ortiz ngemibala, ukuthi abantu abasha babheke phezulu ukuze bababaze umsebenzi wakhe.
