Vita Castro (Oaxaca, 1904/1912 – 1987) was sent to Mexico City at the age of five, where she studied at the Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre (Outdoor Painting School) in Churubusco. After her husband’s death in 1947, she dedicated herself professionally to painting under the guidance of Angelina Beloff, with whom she lived until Beloff's death. They rented a small apartment on the property of musicologist Nabor Hurtado and his wife Cleotilde, located in Cuernavaca.

Castro was a member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Grabadores (Mexican Society of Printmakers), where she participated in various collective exhibitions and in different graphic art portfolios, notably La Ciudad de México, 21 grabados (Mexico City, 21 Prints). She was also part of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (Salon of Mexican Fine Art). In 1962, she took part in the collective exhibition El Grabado Mexicano Contemporáneo (Contemporary Mexican Printmaking) and in La Mujer en la Plástica (Women in Fine Arts), held at the Galería del Instituto de Arte de México (Mexico's Institute of Art Gallery).

Although she was widely recognized as a printmaker in numerous collective exhibitions, her pictorial work has not been widely discussed, and she has not had any solo exhibitions since her death.