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Artemisa Urias was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1921. She worked as a cashier for Jacome Department Store and eventually moved to Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Rodolfo Urias. They married in Tucson and soon after Rodolfo left for Army duty. They were glad the war ended and celebrated his return in Washington, D.C. Artye’s husband was a well-established artist and decided to move to Mexico City where the Urias family lived for 18 years.