Her professional training is in interior design, having obtained a degree in Environmental Design in 1996 from the Albert Einstein University in La Libertad, El Salvador.

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From a young age, Y. Rengifo was inspired by her family to dedicate herself to the fine arts. Her grandmother Elvira Schlesinger (1917-2001), Salvadoran singer and pyrography artist, and also thanks to her aunt María Kahn (1941-2015), a Salvadoran painter who gained international recognition.

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Y. Rengifo has had some of the greatest Salvadoran painters as mentors. From the ages of 14 to 17, she receives art classes with Rosa Mena Valenzuela (1913-2004), famous for her impressionist influence. From the ages of 22 to 26, she is invited to take painting classes with Carlos Canas (1924-2013), painter and muralist famous for his political works about the Salvadoran Civil War and murals on a variety of public buildings and parks, such as the ceiling of the Great Hall of the National Theater of San Salvador. She also takes classes with Armando Solis (1940-), painter, sculptor and writer, from ages 26 to 28, where she experiments with wooden relief art.

 

Through her education, Y. Rengifo had the opportunity to exhibit her work at small events. In 2010 she participated in the Annual Art Auction of the Claire Kantor Foundation, located in Golden Beach, Florida.

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Y. Rengifo's style leans towards abstractism using bright colors and typically acrylic on canvas. Common themes in her art include nature and relationships, drawing inspiration from her personal life. Among the painters who have inspired her are Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo.