In the political arena, de la Torre is considered one of the pioneers of the political left in Ecuador along with Guayaquileñas Aurora López, Isabel Herrera, Ana Moreno and Quiteñas Nela Martínez and Laura Almeida. With these connections, she participated in the 1926 founding of the Socialist Party of Ecuador. Four years later, de la Torre formed the Club of Professors of Mejía. In 1937 she, with other colleagues, founded the Syndicate of Professors of Mejía and in 1946 expanded this into the Ecuadorian Teachers' Union.
