Born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico in 1940. Ms. Tarrago studied at La Esmeralda in Mexico City, where, at the age of fourteen, she won first prize in the annual student competition staged by the National Institute of Fine Arts. In 1957, Ms. Tarrago won first prize when KLM Airlines held a 12-country competition called, "This is my Country." In 1962, she won first prize for engraving at the Salon de la Plastica Mexicana. With scolarships, she traveled to Europe, studying in Warsaw, Poland with leading Polish graphic artists, and in Holland with a group of noted Dutch engravers. In 1967, Ms. Tarrago won the coveted award for engraving given by the National Institute of Fine Arts and presented personally by Mexico's Secretary of Education. Besides her formal studies at La Esmeralda, Ms. Tarrago studied drawing with Dr. Gerardo Murillo Atl and engraving at the Advanced Graphic Art Studio with Guillermo Silva Santamaria. Her work has appeared throughout the Americas and is now in several permanent collections in Europe and the United States.