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Children's book author Jeanette Winter has written and illustrated a counting book inspired by Aguilar's life and work.

Mary Parks Washington was born in Atlanta, Georgia on July 20, 1924. She attended Booker T. Washington High School, then Spelman College where she earned a degree in art. After graduating from Spelman in 1946, Washington received a Rosenwald Fund scholarship to attend the Summer Art Institute at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. She also participated in art programs at the University of Mexico, and later earned a master's in art at San Jose State University in California.

Josefina was mentored by her mother and grandmother, also clay workers. She began learning her craft from them when she was six years old.

One of Aguilar's major collectors reports that the artist is now blind and uses touch to create her art.