Bernadette is a Texas native and alum of Texas A&M University where she studied photography. Uzcategui also trained at Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy for six months before graduating with a degree in architecture. After a career as a junior architect that spanned six years and took her from Texas to Georgia and Manhattan, Uzcategui finally pursued her passion for photography (after some coaxing from her husband) when she moved to the Philadelphia region.