Professor Giraldo received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts and her BFA from the Cooper Union. Before coming to City Tech as a full-time professor, Professor Giraldo taught image management at the International Center for Photography. She has worked in the production management environment for Time Out New York, LTB Media, Quad Graphics, Ruder Finn PRP, Sesame Street and Meigher Communications. She operated her own commercial photography studio during which time she photographed numerous national ad campaigns, catalogs and editorial stories.