Odilia Iaccarino was born in a small town in Mexico where she enjoyed her childhood in her family's ranch. Odilia is a self-taught artist who holds national and international awards, most recently from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art and recognition from the CFA Circle Foundation of the Arts, Lyon, France. Her work consists of implementing figures of the menina-meaning “girl”- into the canvas by pinning the menina silhouette as the main character to then narrate anecdotes and memories through the painting.