Clementina Rivera received her art degree from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and has studied under many well known artists including Dick Turner, Dalhart Windberg, Simon Michaels, Bill Strain and others. She painted alongside her late husband Ricardo Rivera and shared multiple techniques in acrylics and photography. Clementina taught mathematics, art, and Spanish in junior high and high school and retired after 31 years in the education profession.