Lina Maria Giraldo attended the Fine Arts program at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. She later moved to Boston, where she studied English, while actively working as an artist in the local scene. She was awarded the Tsongas Scholarship, while finishing her BFA at Mass College of Art, where she majored in Studio of interrelated Media (SIM). She graduated with Departmental Honors and Academic Distinction. She was then selected as a finalist for the Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Fund and received an honorable mention. She was included as a featured artist of the President’s Report of Massachusetts College of Art.