From 2003 to 2007, Gabriela moved to Antofagasta, Chile, where she joined Teatro Arlequín, La Huella Teatro and La Compañía de Teatro de la Univerisdad de Antofagasta. She worked as physical theatre teacher, mask maker, theatre technician, actress and director on multiple plays that toured all over the country. She developed and ran projects as applied theatre practitioner in a men's jail and in communities at risk of social exclusion.