She worked as a director of the National Arts Organization CultureStrike, in which writers, visual artists, and performers engage in migrant rights.

She observed that students from her community were under-served by the school system, profiled as gang members, and women of color having negative representation in the media.

[6][5] After graduating from Skyline High School in Oakland in 1996, Rodriguez received numerous scholarships and chose to attend the University of California, Berkeley.

[5] She was inspired by printmaking, introduced to her by Chicana artist Yreina Cervantez, and decided to pursue a career in political art.

Her designs and projects range on a variety of different issues including globalization, immigration, feminism, patriarchy, interdependence, and genetically modified foods.