Arrigo attended Taipei American School and after graduation in 1966 as valedictorian returned to the U.S. in 1968 and received her undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of California, San Diego.
Arrigo attended Taipei American School and after graduating as valedictorian in 1966, eloped with her Taiwanese-American husband, George Chen, to the U.S. in 1968. She received her undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of California, San Diego.