Mariana Pellegrino Soto has Venezuelan origins and lived in Caracas until the end of her higher education. She then moved to Italy where she continued her studies at university level at the European Institute of Design in Rome. The young Mariana had the opportunity to attend the Barcelona branch of the Institute of Design for a semester thanks to the Erasmus program and then completed the course of studies become product designer. For Oluce he created the series of lamps Alba, Amanita and Recuerdo.