Santagto's career began in the high fashion world of New York City and London on assignment for Andy Warhol and British Vogue. Her interest in Hopi Culture inspired Santagto to choose Santa Fe as her base in the 80's. She began developing new images which were simultaneously romantic, archtypal and mythographic.

This feeling permeates her commercial work with unique results.Santagto is best known for her fashion, celebrity images, and her exquisite portraits. The elegant, opulent, sensual and dramatic quality of the Santagto style is part of an ever broade ning career including cookbooks for world renowned chefs and luscious ad campaigns for world class jewelers, architects and entertainers. The commercial success of her spirited visual signature continues Santagto's ongoing love affair with life.

As a natural progression from stills, Santagto is avidly pursuing her interest in filmmaking.