About the Artist Born in San Salvador, El Salvador, came to the United States when very young and lived in Washington State most of her life. Currently resides in Oro Valley (just outside Tucson) Arizona. I have loved to draw all my life, I took drawing classes in the mid 1970s under the auspices of Frank D’Polito in Tacoma, Washington. I took a hiatus from the arts until recently. I feel blessed to be able to develop my passion for drawing and painting. I have taken classes at The Drawing Studio in Tucson, Arizona and currently I am fortunate to be studying under the tutelage of the internationally renown pastel and oil painting artist Stephanie Birdsall.