Natalia Riveros grew up in Delaware and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at New York University, majoring in studio art with a minor in creative writing. As a student, Natalia developed a multidisciplinary artistic practice through a summer artist residency at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After graduating, Natalia worked in non-profit administration while continuing to develop her artistic voice. In 2021, she embarked on a solo cross-country road trip from Delaware to California. She fell in love with the beauty of Northern California and stayed in San Francisco for three years, where she became involved with the Bay Area art community, exhibiting work at galleries, local events, and art fairs.​ Throughout this period, Natalia's work evolved from illustrative to representational art, and she taught herself the foundations of oil painting with a handful of Youtube videos and countless failed experiments. 

In 2025, Natalia was accepted into the Advanced Fine Art Program at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia and began studying classical drawing and painting.