Victoria was born in Bombay, India, and raised in Shanghai. At the age of twelve she moved to Argentina with her sister and father. As the daughter of an award-winning photographer, she helped in his studio and darkroom, retouching negatives and coloring photographs in sepia tones with aniline and transparent oil.

Art was her main interest, and she entered the National Academy of Fine Arts in Argentina to study drawing and painting. After marrying and having four children, she moved to San Francisco in 1963. In 1978, while raising her family and working full time, she resumed her fine-arts studies at San Francisco City College. She also studied privately with Marjorie Lester Leighton, Allan McCorcle, and Bob Gerbracht.

Victoria's paintings were displayed in many juried exhibitions, including the Santa Cruz Art League, Marin County Civic Center, Kaiser Foundation in Oakland, the San Francisco Hall of Flowers, and galleries throughout the Bay Area. She held solo exhibits at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, The Garden Cafe, and Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame.

From 1986 to 1990, Victoria served as Exhibit Director for the Society of Western Artists. She curated art shows for U.C.S.F. students, faculty, and staff, and won a People's Choice award in 1996 for her watercolor Pas des Deux. She became a member of the California Watercolor Association in 2000 and received her signature award in 2003.

Working in oils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, charcoal, and stained glass, Victoria enjoyed painting still lifes, landscapes, florals, and portraits. She often said: "I do not paint roses, I make portraits of roses and people."