She has been sign painting for 17 years and studied at the Art Institute of Houston. She worked on a design team for 9 years with Landry's Restaurants Inc. where she learned the sign painting trade. She worked on The Kemah Boardwalk, The Golden Nugget, The Denver Aquarium, The Rainforest Cafe, Joe's Crab Shack and various others. Her journey with the design team came to an end in the year of 2007 and this is where she decided to bloom, where life had planted her. She opened her business Tina Salazar Art & Design and has done freelance work for Pappas Rest. Inc. Luby's, Pappadeaux, Brickhouse, Chula's and Mambo Restaurants. She also painted and laid out the gold in the Co-Cathedral in Downtown Houston and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in San Antonio, Texas.