Güntensperger attended the Theresianum Ingenbohl Seminary in Brunnen from 1899 to 1902. She then became a novice in Ingenbohl. From 1903 to 1906 she was a teacher at the village school in Brunnen and then taught geology and Swiss history at the Theresianum until 1936. From 1936 to 1942 she was a matron and from 1943 to 1949 she held this office at the boarding school St. Joseph in Guglera. From 1949 to 1958 she worked as an office nurse in Chur.

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.158.