She started her studies in the village of Guryanta , continued first in Ozurgeti, then in Batumi , and finally in 1912 she graduated from Poti Gymnasium. The theater was the passion of the Tsutsunava family.

Cecilia, together with her younger brother, got interested in this field of art early on. She made his debut in Batumi, where she performed the role of Salikha in Nino Nakashidze's play "Who is to blame?". She was forced to start teaching in the village of Tamish in Abkhazia , where a school was founded at that time.