Nora was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina (1962) and studied fine arts throughout secondary school and university.

She obtained a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Visual Arts, in 2002 she relocated to California, where she now resides permanently and makes a living as a muralist, painter and ceramicist.

Her paintings depict her memories of Argentina, its music, people and architecture, using her love of color with a loose, painterly style using the palette knife.