Olga de Quintero began at Mount Holyoke in 1930 and graduated in 1933. She majored in economics and minored in history. She served as a special editor for the Mount Holyoke News, was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, and held positions in the Pageant Dance Committee and Model League of Nations. She performed as a dancer in the 1932 play L.O.B. at Mount Holyoke. She played the role of Foible, Lady Wishfort’s maid, in The Way of the World by William Congreve. The production was part of the Playshop Laboratory and was directed by Jeannette Marks for the English literature and drama classes. It was performed on February 24 and 25, 1932. At the dance recital held on March 15, 1932, in Chapin Auditorium, she performed in “Part I, the Opening March”, a dance set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. In the 1933 drama production Persephone, Quintero assumed the roles of Persephone’s companions and river maidens. In 1944, she obtained her master of arts degree from Vassar College.
