Micaela has painted all her life except for a short period from 1985 to 1988. She has always traveled extensively and has spent long periods living in Argentina, England, France, Venezuela and the United States.

"The painting of Micaela celebrates the event of light and color in the night of the sleepy, lacerated and fragmented consciousness of our strange times".

Her work can be found in collections of Germany, Japan, France, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil, Venezuela and the United States.